Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III ED907,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 212148
 
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Date:Thursday 17 June 1943
Time:01:20
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:83 Sqn RAF
Registration: ED907
MSN: OL-H
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Broich, Jülich, Nordrhein-Westfalen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Claimed shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Heinrich Wohlers of the Stab IV./NJG 4 (detached to 3./NJG 1), flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield, the Netherlands. Also claimed by heavy and light Flak. Victory Hptm. Wohlers later confirmed by the Luftwaffe.

Takeoff time: 23:07
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ED907

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ED907

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
26 June 1942 R5620 83 Sqn RAF 7 Winkelsett, Niedersachsen w/o
23 May 1944 ND963 83 Sqn RAF 3 Siepelveen at Nieuw-Weerdinge, Drenthe w/o
6 August 1944 PB140 83 Sqn RAF 1 RAF Ford, West Sussex, England w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
14-Jun-2018 16:56 TigerTimon Added
14-Jun-2018 16:56 TigerTimon Updated [Narrative]
03-Nov-2018 20:39 Nepa Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator]

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