ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 223708
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| Date: | Wednesday 22 September 1943 |
| Time: | 22:37 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5700 |
| MSN: | WS-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bad Münder am Deister, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bardney, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 18:56 hrs (local time) for an operation against Hannover.
The aircraft was coned by a searchlight and hit by heavy (schwere) Flak.
Feldwebel Rudolf Frank of the 2./NJG 3, flying in Ju 88 C-6 D5+LK, also submitted a claim for the destruction of this aircraft, but his claim was not confirmed by the Oberkommando der Luftwaffe/RLM.
All seven crew members perished in the crash. They all rest in the Limmer Friedhof (Hannover).
Sources:
http://aircrewremembered.com/crabtree-edward.html
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R5700&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 December 1942 | ED347 | 9 Sqn RAF | 7 | Proostensteeg road, Den Hout, Noord-Brabant |  |
w/o |
| 22 March 1944 | LM422 | 9 Sqn RAF | 7 | Morscheid, Rheinland-Pfalz | |
w/o |
| 23 May 1944 | LM519 | 9 Sqn RAF | 6 | Gersten, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Apr-2019 10:54 | gerard57 | Added |
| 05-Apr-2019 10:57 | gerard57 | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
| 19-May-2019 07:12 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 25-Jun-2021 15:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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