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Crash of a Douglas C-47A-80-DL in Fürth

Date & Time: Aug 30, 1946
Type of aircraft:
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
Operator:
Registration:
43-15353
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
MSN:
19819
YOM:
1944
Location:
Fürth
Bavaria
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed on landing in Fürth Advanced Landing Ground R-28. There were no casualties.

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

Date & Time: Mar 8, 1943 at 2229 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4903
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Syerston - Syerston
Location:
Fürth
Bavaria
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 1930LT on an operation to Nuremberg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Fürth, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Lt Clifford Argo Giles, pilot,
F/O Francis Richards, pilot,
P/O Kenneth Douglas Babington-Browne, navigator,
P/O Bernard John Gunter, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt George Mitchell, wireless operator,
Sgt Edward Carr, air gunner,
F/Sgt Douglas Forbes, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I near Fürth: 7 killed

Date & Time: Mar 8, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4896
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Warboys - Warboys
Location:
Fürth
Bavaria
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Warboys at 2015LT on an operation to Nuremberg. Approaching the target area, it crashed in unknown circumstances near Fürth, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Murray Edward White, pilot,
Sgt Clement Roland Swift, flight engineer,
W/O Robert Harvey Ward, navigator,
W/O Robert Douglas Strong, navigator,
P/O Walter Raymond Affleck, wireless operator,
F/Sgt John William Albert Dorsett, air gunner,
Sgt Jack Neale, air gunner, air gunner.
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