Accident Avro Lancaster Mk I L7576,
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Date:Saturday 29 July 1944
Time:01:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk I
Owner/operator:622 Sqn RAF
Registration: L7576
MSN: GI-K
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Pot-de-Vin, between Cirey-sur-Vezouze (Meurthe-et-Moselle) & Petitmont -   France
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Mildenhall
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Airborne 22:00 28Jul44 for mission to Stuttgart.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfähnrich Walter Swoboda of the 2./NJG 6, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Neubiberg airfield in Bayern, Germany; crashed into woods.

Crew:
F/O (J/22396) Harold Sherman Peabody RCAF presumed killed after surrender 31 July 1944.
F/O (52167) G.J. Wishart RAF confined in hospital due injuries.
F/O (J/29847) James Harrington Doe - RCAF presumed killed after surrender 31 July 1944.
F/O R.L. Fiddick RCAF OK & evaded.
Wop/AG:Sgt 1547679 Arthur Payton 30 RAFVR killed.
AG:Flt/Sgt R/220221 Richard Godfrey Proulx 21 RCAF killed.
AG:Sgt 1813417 Percy William Buckley 18 RAFVR killed.

Sources:

Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999
VA Canada Virtual War Memorial [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/content/collections/virtualmem/photoview.cfm?casualty=1804042&photo=4098]

http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=1454
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
25-Jun-2008 15:03 JINX Added
27-Oct-2009 00:18 Anon. Updated
18-Aug-2013 20:00 JINX Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative]
28-Oct-2014 15:57 Paix Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative]
26-Jun-2016 22:20 Red Dragon Updated [Cn, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source]
27-Jun-2016 21:56 Red Dragon Updated [Operator]
09-Oct-2018 18:28 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]
03-Mar-2021 19:57 TigerTimon Updated [Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative]

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