"Crash of Lancaster ED928 at Utrecht" Topic
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| Tango01 | 12 Jan 2019 10:10 p.m. PST |
"On the night of 22 -23 June 1943, a British bomber was shot down by a German night fighter. The four-engine aircraft was on its way to Germany, but never made it there. Instead, the plane exploded. Burning fragments of the plane fell down in the Wittevrouwen district of Utrecht. There were several victims, including five civilians and five crew members. The tragedy began the day before, on the evening of the 22nd of June, when the four-engine AVRO Lancaster Mk III ED928 took off from Bourn airbase, in the county of Cambridgeshire. The target that night was Mülheim in North Rhine Westphalia in Germany. Bomber ED928 was to offer support during the attack. Between attack waves the bomber was to mark the targets again. The aircraft belonged to the No. 97 Squadron 'Straits Settlements', and was registered under the number ED928. On both sides of the aircraft the marking "OF-B" was applied, respectively the squadron code and the call sign: "B". The plane was still relatively new with only 54 operational flying hours…."
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| Evzone | 13 Jan 2019 12:11 a.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 13 Jan 2019 2:50 p.m. PST |
A votre service mon ami! (smile) Amicalement
Armand |
| Lion in the Stars | 22 Jan 2019 9:05 p.m. PST |
Is it bad that I thought the only still-flying Lanc had crashed just recently? |
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