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| Date: | Sunday 2 January 1944 |
| Time: | 03:00 approx |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 156 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB703 |
| MSN: | GT-X |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Clayallee street at Berlin-Dahlem -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Warboys, Huntingdonshire |
Takeoff at 00:33 hrs for an operation to Berlin.
The aircraft was shot down by a Bf 110 G-4 of Nachtjagdgeschwader 5, flown by either Hauptmann Werner Hoffmann, Kommandeur of the I. Gruppe, or by Hauptmann Walter Borchers, Kommandeur of the III. Gruppe.
It narrowly missed the Luftgaukommando III building and crashed at the Kronprinzallee street, currently named Clayallee, after US Army general Lucius D. Clay.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB703
Google Maps
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clayallee
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Dec-2019 19:22 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 11-Dec-2019 19:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, ] |
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