Accident Avro Lancaster Mk I R5604,
ASN logo
ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 235981
 
This information is added by users of ASN. Neither ASN nor the Flight Safety Foundation are responsible for the completeness or correctness of this information. If you feel this information is incomplete or incorrect, you can submit corrected information.

Date:Saturday 1 August 1942
Time:02:47 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk I
Owner/operator:106 Sqn RAF
Registration: R5604
MSN: ZN-?
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Widdersdorf/Lövenich at Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 00:55 hrs for an operation to Düsseldorf in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft was hit by Flak of the 7. Flak-Division and crashed.

Two of the crew have no known grave and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R5604
Google Maps

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
26 July 1942 R5683 106 Sqn RAF 7 Butterwick - Lincolnshire w/o
12 August 1942 W4109 106 Sqn RAF 7 Koblenzer Straße, Waldesch, Rheinland-Pfalz w/o
16 August 1942 R5678 106 Sqn RAF 8 Düsseldorf-Lörick w/o
16 September 1942 W4179 106 Sqn RAF 7 Laurensberg, Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o
19 September 1942 R5899 106 Sqn RAF 2 sea off Danzig (Gdańsk) w/o
2 October 1942 W4768 106 Sqn RAF 3 near Krefeld-Bockum; Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o
21 December 1942 R5574 106 Sqn RAF 6 Beaufort-en-Argonne, Meuse département w/o
21 December 1942 R5914 106 Sqn RAF 3 Schaapbalie, Langemark-Poelkapelle, West Flanders w/o
4 September 1943 ED385 106 Sqn RAF 7 woods near Dollbergen, Uetze, Niedersachsen w/o
7 September 1943 ED819 106 Sqn RAF 7 Grünwalder Forst, Bayern w/o
23 September 1943 DV271 106 Sqn RAF 6 Grünstadter Berg, Neuleiningen, Rheinland-Pfalz w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
13-May-2020 09:34 TigerTimon Added

Corrections or additions? ... Edit this accident description

The Aviation Safety Network is an exclusive service provided by:
Quick Links:

CONNECT WITH US: FSF on social media FSF Facebook FSF Twitter FSF Youtube FSF LinkedIn FSF Instagram

©2024 Flight Safety Foundation

1920 Ballenger Av, 4th Fl.
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
www.FlightSafety.org