ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231347
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Date: | Sunday 2 January 1944 |
Time: | 03:07 LT |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 207 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | W4892 |
MSN: | EM-T |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Daimler-Benz factory at Genshagen, Ludwigsfelde, Brandenburg -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Spilsby, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 23:50 hrs for an operation to Berlin.
The aircraft was hit by heavy and light Flak, exploded and crashed near the Daimler-Benz factory.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W4892 Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
24 July 1942 |
R5867 |
207 Sqn RAF |
7 |
Anrath, Willich, Nordrhein-Westfalen |
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w/o |
6 August 1942 |
R5761 |
207 Sqn RAF |
7 |
near the church at Megen, Noord-Brabant |
|
w/o |
Ditching |
11 November 1944 |
PB428 |
207 Sqn RAF |
7 |
Bratoft, near Skegness, Lincolnshire, England |
|
w/o |
22 February 1945 |
PB814 |
207 Sqn RAF |
6 |
Missing |
|
w/o |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
12-Dec-2019 08:35 |
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