Accident Avro Lancaster Mk I W4180,
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Date:Monday 9 November 1942
Time:20:45
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk I
Owner/operator:44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF
Registration: W4180
MSN: KM-D
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Ramelsloh, Seevetal, Niedersachsen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 18:05 hrs for a bombing operation against Hamburg.

The aircraft was hit by the 1. & 3./Reserve-Flak-Abteilung 603 and crashed.

All seven crew rest in the Hamburg cemetery.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W4180
Google Maps

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
28 August 1942 W4124 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF 7 Haltern, Horstmar, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o
17 December 1942 ED355 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF 7 Waterloo at Ypecolsga, Friesland w/o

Revision history:

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02-Nov-2020 19:08 TigerTimon Added

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