RAF Aircraft Shot Down Over East Germany 1953: RF531
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RAF Aircraft Shot Down Over East Germany 1953: RF531
Hello everyone,
I'm a journalist from Germany looking for information about a Cold War incident over East Germany on March 12, 1953. Then a RAF Avro Lincoln (RF 531) was shot down by Soviet MiG fighters near Boizenburg, killing most of the British crew and triggering a severe diplomatic crisis between London and Moscow.
Is there anyone who can give further information about that incident?
Thanks beforehand!
I'm a journalist from Germany looking for information about a Cold War incident over East Germany on March 12, 1953. Then a RAF Avro Lincoln (RF 531) was shot down by Soviet MiG fighters near Boizenburg, killing most of the British crew and triggering a severe diplomatic crisis between London and Moscow.
Is there anyone who can give further information about that incident?
Thanks beforehand!
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. . . As you say you are a journalist perhaps you should clarify what you are after. Do you mean you have read the - easily found - history of this particular flight (in Prune archives and elsewhere) and want more information on top of that or that you would like someone else to point out the original story for you?
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Both, maybe there are family members of one of the killed crew members, who can tell me how trhe incident occured from theri point of view. Especially, are there memorial stones in Britain? Are there How did that incident changed the victims' families' lives?
And on the other hand I'm interested in the 'British' version of that incident.
I read articles in forums like this and in German regional newspapers.
And on the other hand I'm interested in the 'British' version of that incident.
I read articles in forums like this and in German regional newspapers.
Why not study the other thread on this subject entitled 'RAF aircraft shot down over East Germany 1953'. It was started in 2006 after all!
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I did, of course. My point is, to find somebody, who knows a relative of one of the crew-mebers of that fligt in 1953. Maybe there is obne, who reads this. Then, I would like to ask him some questions.
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Lincoln Shot Down
Here's an article I wrote about the Lincoln which covers the loss of RF 531.
Hope this helps.
Heimdall
Hope this helps.
Heimdall
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The National Archives at Kew may hold the files on this aircraft, depending on the "closure" period.
The RAF Museum may hold a microfilm copy of the Accident Card (AM Form 1180), which they will copy for you for a small fee.
Don
The RAF Museum may hold a microfilm copy of the Accident Card (AM Form 1180), which they will copy for you for a small fee.
Don