Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III DV218,
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Date:Wednesday 3 November 1943
Time:20:10
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:12 Sqn RAF
Registration: DV218
MSN: PH-G2
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Kempen, Nordrhein-Westfalen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Wickenby
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Lenz Finster of the 4./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden airfield), Belgium.

Takeoff time: 17:18
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DV218

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DV218

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
01-Nov-2018 20:28 TigerTimon Added
02-Nov-2018 19:49 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]

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