Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Düren: 7 killed

Date & Time: Nov 16, 1944 at 1200 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
NG238
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Kelstern - Kelstern
Location:
Düren
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances some 20 km southwest of Cologne. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Copland,
Sgt Bayliss,
F/S Martin,
F/S Taylor,
Sgt Levings,
Sgt Sawkins,
Sgt Sapsed.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Düren: 7 killed

Date & Time: Nov 16, 1944 at 1200 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
NF979
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Spilsby - Spilsby
Location:
Düren
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances in Düren, some 20 km southwest of Cologne. All seven crew members were killed.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Düren: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jul 1, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD916
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Düren
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2315LT on June 30 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near Düren. The pilot was killed and three others crew members became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Desmond Irving,
P/O Stanley Carter,
Sgt Leonard Charles Coldwell,
F/Lt Neil Hyland Svendsen.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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