Accident Avro Lancaster Mk I ME726,
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Date:Tuesday 16 May 1944
Time:00:47
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk I
Owner/operator:576 Sqn RAF
Registration: ME726
MSN: UL-X2
Fatalities:Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Assens, Syddenmark -   Denmark
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Gardening mission to Denmark. Credited to Feldwebel Gunter Holtfreder, x./NJG 3. No claim in OKL/ RLM10/NJG 3. Comfirmed br abschussuebersicht.

Sources:

Bomber Command Losses by W R CHORLEY 1944,
Theo Boiten: Nachtjagd 1944 vol 3, p. 007.

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
2 November 1944 LM122 576 Sqn RAF 4 Liège mis

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
06-May-2023 20:35 redsix Added
29-May-2023 09:26 Nepa Updated

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