Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III JB310,
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Date:Monday 3 January 1944
Time:03:12 claim
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:156 Sqn RAF
Registration: JB310
MSN: GT-O
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Missing - Berlin operation -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Warboys, Huntingdonshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 00:18 hrs for an operation to Berlin.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Wilhelm Johnen of the Stab II./NJG 5 (based at Parchim airfield), who was flying a Bf 110 G-4.

For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB310

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
21 January 1944 JA912 156 Sqn RAF 0 near Neuermark-Lübars, Sachsen-Anhalt w/o
31 March 1945 PB517 156 Sqn RAF 8 Near Stemmen, 15 km NE of Rotenburg (Wümme) (Niedersachsen) * w/o

Revision history:

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04-Dec-2019 16:06 TigerTimon Added

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