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

Date & Time: Dec 17, 1944
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
NG302
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Skellingthorpe - Skellingthorpe
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Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The aircraft left RAF Skellingthorpe at 1612LT on a bombing mission to Munich. While flying over The Netherlands, the bomber crashed in unknown circumstances in Lewedorp, east of Vlissingen. All 7 crew members were killed.
Crew (50th Squadron):
F/Sgt M. J. MacLeod 6.