Accident Avro Lancaster Mk II LL671,
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Date:Friday 24 December 1943
Time:03:00 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk II
Owner/operator:514 Sqn RAF
Registration: LL671
MSN: A2-B
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:north of Frankfurt am Main, Hessen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Waterbeach
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 00:37 for an operation to Berlin.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Hans-Heinz Augenstein of the 7./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from probably Twente airfield, the Netherlands.

Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LL671

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LL671
http://www.514squadron.co.uk/Losses.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
22-Dec-2018 07:51 TigerTimon Added
24-Dec-2018 09:03 stehlik49 Updated [Operator]

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