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| Date: | Saturday 14 October 1944 |
| Time: | 07:50 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 626 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NE163 |
| MSN: | UM-T2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Mt Sainte Odile, a few kilometers SSW of Klingenthal, Alsace -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wickenby |
| Duisburg |
Aircraft took of at 06h34 on a daylight bombing mission to Duisburg. It was shot down over the Franco-German border by a Bf110 flown by Oblt. Gottfried Hanneck of NJG 1. It crashed in a forest south west of Strasbourg. All 7 crewmembers perished.
Sources:
The National Archives UK
Archives Canada
Personnel files of the 2 RCAF crewmembers
626 Sqn wartime records
RCAF historical microfgilms
Bomber COmmand museum
CASPIR
https://www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/details.php?qnum=3974
https://aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ne163&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Aug-2025 05:06 | tachel | Added |
| 20-Aug-2025 04:59 | tachel | Updated [Photo, ] |
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