ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231651
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| Date: | Sunday 2 January 1944 |
| Time: | 03:05 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 156 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JA925 |
| MSN: | GT-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Berlin-Dahlem -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Warboys, Huntingdonshire |
Take off at 00:19 hrs for an operation to Berlin.
In the immediate post war period, searches by the RAF MRES teams of captured German records, found documents confirming that Lancaster JA925 had crashed in the Berlin-Dahlem (Kiebitz weg und Domane) area at 03.05 hrs on 2 January 1944. The bodies of 6 crew members had been found, and 2 of them were identified. However, no burial details had been recorded in any of the documentation recovered.
Probably, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Werner Hoffmann of the Stab I./NJG 5 (flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Stendal airfield in Sachsen-Anhalt) - (claim) 'Lancaster' Berlin: 6.500 metres at 03:06 hrs.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
The RAF Casualty file confirmed the crash location.
http://aircrewremembered.com/fawcett-rowland.html
https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/21170-JA9251944-01-02.html
Also, personal correspondence with Dr Boiten, author of the Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 September 1944 | PB177 | 156 Sqn RAF | 8 | Missing |  |
mis |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Dec-2019 14:49 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 28-Sep-2020 18:19 | Judith | Updated [Time, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Nov-2020 16:38 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Nov-2020 14:43 | Judith | Updated [Source] |
| 05-Jun-2021 09:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
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