Accident Avro Lancaster Mk I PD338,
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Date:Thursday 2 November 1944
Time:19:34 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk I
Owner/operator:463 Sqn RAAF
Registration: PD338
MSN: JO-C
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:1 km west of Dormagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Took off at 16:41 hrs for an operation against Düsseldorf.

Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by Hauptmann Fritz Lau of the 4./NJG 1, who had taken off from Paderborn airfield at 19:02 hrs, in Bf 110 G-4 G9+AM.

Those killed rest in the Rheinberg War Cemetery.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part five
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=PD338&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Google Maps
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
21 March 1945 PB845 463 Sqn RAAF 7 Trachenau w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
29-Aug-2013 19:19 JINX Added
06-Jun-2015 16:35 Angel dot comma Updated [Operator]
06-Sep-2021 12:56 TigerTimon Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]

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