ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236068
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Date: | Thursday 13 August 1942 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 207 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | R5633 |
MSN: | EM-R |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Drais, Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz -
Germany
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Bottesford, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 22:42 hrs local time for an operation to Mainz.
The aircraft fell victim to light (leichte) Flak.
All seven crew members rest in the Durnbach War Cemetery, Bayern.
Sources:
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R5633 Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
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