Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III JA675,
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Date:Sunday 15 August 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:467 Sqn RAAF
Registration: JA675
MSN: PO-F
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:SE of Brezolles, Eure-et-Loir 28 -   France
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Bottesford
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by an Fw 190A of the 2./JG 2, flown by either Feldwebel German Elflein (claiming a Lancaster at 23:20) or by Unteroffizier Herbert Penz (claiming a Lancaster at 23:26).

Takeoff time: 20:38
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JA675

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JA675

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
17 June 1943 ED737 467 Sqn RAAF 5 near Niederkrüchten, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
10-Aug-2018 08:57 TigerTimon Added
10-Aug-2018 09:22 TigerTimon Updated [Location]
23-Oct-2018 20:13 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]

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