ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50441
Last updated: 22 May 2013
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Date:28-MAY-1944
Time:
Type:Avro Lancaster III
Operator:Royal Air Force (RAF)
Registration: LM459
C/n / msn:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Airplane damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Sommelsdijk, 29 km SW Rotterdam -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Ludford Magna, UK
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Crashed in Holland during raid on Bourg Leopold.

Sources:
http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1944%20sec_tcm5-7285.pdf
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft LA100 - LZ999, published 1991


Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
26-Dec-2011 09:14 Uli Elch Updated [Total occupants, Total fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
08-Jan-2012 14:37 Uli Elch Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport]
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