Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III ED539,
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Date:Thursday 27 January 1944
Time:20:38 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:467 Sqn RAAF
Registration: ED539
MSN: PO-P
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:housing in the Wendenschloßstraße street at Berlin-Köpenick -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 17:40 hrs for an operation to Berlin.

The aircraft was hit by Flak of the 1. Flak-Division and exploded over Berlin-Köpenick.

For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ED539
Google Maps

Revision history:

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