Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III DV265,
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Date:Wednesday 3 November 1943
Time:20:03
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:101 Sqn RAF
Registration: DV265
MSN: SR-F
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Ratingen area, Nordrhein-Westfalen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Ludford Magna
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Coned by searchlights, shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Hans-Heinz Augenstein of the 9./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110G from St Trond (Sint-Truiden airfield), Belgium.

Takeoff time: 17:13
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DV265

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DV265

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
30 August 1944 LM479 101 Sqn RAF 8 Dejbjerg, Skjern, Midtjylland w/o
4 November 1944 NF936 101 Sqn RAF 8 Gahlensche Straße street, Hamme, Bochum, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
01-Nov-2018 18:30 TigerTimon Added
02-Nov-2018 19:30 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]

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