1944 Ålvand RAF Lancaster crash

1944 Ålvand RAF Lancaster crash
Shootdown
DateAugust 29, 1944 (1944-08-29)
SummaryAllied bomber shot down by German night fighter
SiteÅlvand,
east of Nørre Vorupør,
Thy,
Denmark
56°56′39.21″N 8°25′5.78″E / 56.9442250°N 8.4182722°E / 56.9442250; 8.4182722
First aircraft

Avro Lancaster in flight
TypeAvro Lancaster
OperatorRAF No. 8 (Pathfinder Force) Group,
No. 582 Squadron
RegistrationSerial PB202
Markings 60-E
Flight originRAF Little Staughton,
Cambridgeshire,
England
DestinationIntended to bomb Stettin and Königsberg
Crew7
Fatalities7
Survivors0
Second aircraft

Junkers Ju 88 in flight
TypeJunkers Ju 88
OperatorLuftwaffe Nachtjagdgeschwader 3,
Squadron 4
Crew3
Fatalities0
Survivors3
Ground casualties
Ground fatalities0

The Ålvand Allied bomber crash refers to the shooting down of the Allied Avro Lancaster PB202 by a German night fighter over the small lake Ålvand, in the heathland east of Nørre Vorupør, Thy, Denmark, on the night of 29 August 1944. All of the seven crew were killed.