Accident Avro Lancaster Mk I NG305, Tuesday 5 December 1944
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Date:Tuesday 5 December 1944
Time:morning
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk I
Owner/operator:195 Sqn RAF
Registration: NG305
MSN: JE-C
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Sas van Gent, Zeeland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Wratting Common, Suffolk
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 08:50 hrs for an operation to Hamm, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
The pilot force-landed the aircraft. The gunners Sergeant D.F. Jones and Sergeant S.B. Le Brun were injured.

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4772&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
23-Oct-2019 17:17 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ]

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