Accident Avro Lancaster Mk I NF936,
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Date:Saturday 4 November 1944
Time:19:35 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk I
Owner/operator:101 Sqn RAF
Registration: NF936
MSN: SR-F
Fatalities:Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Gahlensche Straße street, Hamme, Bochum, Nordrhein-Westfalen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Took off at 17:09 hrs for an operation against Bochum.

The aircraft was hit by heavy (schwere) Flak, exploded and crashed.

All eight rest in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part five
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=NF936&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Google Maps

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
3 November 1943 DV265 101 Sqn RAF 5 Ratingen area, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o
30 August 1944 LM479 101 Sqn RAF 8 Dejbjerg, Skjern, Midtjylland w/o

Revision history:

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07-Sep-2021 09:48 TigerTimon Added

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