Accident Avro Lancaster Mk I W4958,
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Date:Sunday 4 July 1943
Time:01:30 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk I
Owner/operator:12 Sqn RAF
Registration: W4958
MSN: PH-B
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Uckendorf, Niederkassel, near, Nordrhein-Westfalen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Wickenby
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Took off at 22:54 for an operation to Köln, Germany.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights, hit by heavy Flak and by Oberleutnant Friedrich Karl Müller of the Nachtjagd-Versuchs-Kommando, flying from Mönchen-Gladbach airfield.

Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W4958

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W4958

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
16-Jan-2019 08:49 TigerTimon Added
19-Jan-2019 12:40 stehlik49 Updated [Operator]
28-Oct-2019 13:10 Uli Elch Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative]
01-Nov-2019 20:12 Anon. Updated [Operator, Operator]

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