Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III LM525,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234638
 
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Date:Sunday 23 April 1944
Time:night
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:460 Sqn RAAF
Registration: LM525
MSN: AR-T
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Sythen, Haltern am See, Nordrhein-Westfalen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 22:54 hrs for an operation to Düsseldorf in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
Probably, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Karl Wildhagen of the 2./NJG 1, who had taken off from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands. He claimed a Lancaster shot down at 01:43 hrs.

For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LM525
Google Maps

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
01-Apr-2020 15:18 TigerTimon Added
01-Apr-2020 15:19 TigerTimon Updated [Narrative]

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