Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III ED416,
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Date:Monday 6 September 1943
Time:00:20 claim
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:49 Sqn RAF
Registration: ED416
MSN: EA-J
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:south of Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Fiskerton, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 19:34 hrs local time for an operation against Mannheim & Ludwigshafen.
The aircraft was hit by 'Wilde Sau' fighter aircraft of Jagdgeschwader 300 and exploded. Claimants were Fw. Ulrich Veh (3. Staffel, Bf 109 G-6) and Lt. Klaus Bretschneider (6. Staffel, Fw 190A).

Those who did not survive rest in the Durnbach War Cemetery. The two survivors were injured and were taken prisoner of war.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ED416
Google Maps

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
22 June 1944 NE128 49 Sqn RAF 2 Viersen, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o
26 July 1944 PB250 49 Sqn RAF 7 Coignières, Yvelines 78 w/o

Revision history:

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