ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231346
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| Date: | Sunday 2 January 1944 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | JB737 |
| MSN: | LQ-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, Pas-de-Calais (62) -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Gransden Lodge, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 00:37 hrs for an operation to Berlin.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Ludwig Meister of the 1./NJG 4, who was flying Bf 110 G-4 3C+SJ from Florennes airfield in Belgium.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB737
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=948
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 October 1943 | JB348 | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF | 6 | Harrenstätte, Spahnharrenstätte, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Dec-2019 08:29 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 12-Dec-2019 08:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn] |
| 12-Dec-2019 08:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator] |
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