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| Date: | Monday 3 January 1944 |
| Time: | 02:50 approx |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 49 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB231 |
| MSN: | EA-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Steinförde, Fürstenberg/Havel, Brandenburg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Fiskerton, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 23:46 hrs for an operation to Berlin.
Over Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the aircraft was rammed by another 49 Squadron aircraft, JB727. With one engine running and large part of its starboard wing missing, the crew safely abandoned the aircraft.
JB727, however, crashed with the loss of the entire crew.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB231
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Dec-2019 10:16 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 03-Dec-2019 11:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, ] |
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