Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III JB401,
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Date:Thursday 2 December 1943
Time:evening
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:103 Sqn RAF
Registration: JB401
MSN: PM-P
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Berlin -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Elsham Wolds (GB)
Destination airport:Elsham Wolds
Narrative:
Probably coned by searchlights and hit by heavy Flak.

Target: Berlin
Takeoff time: 16:54
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB401

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB401

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
24 December 1943 JB730 103 Sqn RAF 7 600 metres north of Obersayn, Rothenbach, Rheinland-Pfalz w/o

Images:


52° 23‘ 51‘‘ N; 13° 12‘ 58‘‘ E 2019-06-01, Machnow Lake, SSW of Berlin

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
09-Oct-2011 12:34 whiteshark Added
16-Feb-2012 04:44 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport]
30-Nov-2018 12:49 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative]
02-Jun-2019 13:53 F.Ossing Updated [Photo]

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