Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III LM323,
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Date:Tuesday 29 June 1943
Time:01:25 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:97 (Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF
Registration: LM323
MSN: OF-U
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Solwaster, Liège -   Belgium
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of the Stab II./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield.
The entire crew is buried at Heverlee War Cemetery, Belgium.

Target: Köln
Takeoff time: 22:51
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LM323

Sources:

http://keswick-at-war.yolasite.com/air-force.php
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LM323

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
5 September 1942 R5496 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF 7 main railway station of Bremen. w/o
8 February 1945 ND961 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF 8 Westerwijk, Son, Noord-Brabant w/o
Mid-air collision

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
26-Nov-2016 11:24 gerard57 Added
01-Nov-2018 15:27 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
01-Nov-2018 15:39 Nepa Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]
15-Nov-2018 15:41 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]
26-Jun-2022 03:15 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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