Incident Avro Lancaster Mk III ME787,
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Date:Monday 23 October 1944
Time:afternoon
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:619 Sqn RAF
Registration: ME787
MSN: PG-J
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:over Zeeland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Strubby, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Took off at 15:12 hrs for a bombing operation against Vlissingen on Walcheren island, Zeeland.

The aircraft was hit by Flak after which four crew members bailed out. They were taken prisoner of war.

Over England, two more crew members took to their parachutes which left the pilot alone; he returned to base.

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5635&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
27 July 1944 PB346 619 Sqn RAF 7 Saint-Jean, La Boissière-sur-Èvre, Montrevault-sur-Èvre, Maine-et-Loir w/o
6 November 1944 NN723 619 Sqn RAF 7 North Sea mis

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
03-Sep-2021 10:40 TigerTimon Added
13-Jun-2022 02:59 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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