Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III JB133,
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Date:Monday 6 September 1943
Time:00:16 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:619 Sqn RAF
Registration: JB133
MSN: PG-
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:north-northeast of Pirmasens, Rheinland-Pfalz -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Woodhall Spa
Destination airport:
Narrative:
The aircraft was claimed shot down by two night fighter pilots:
- Hauptmann Hans-Dieter Frank of the Stab I./NJG 1, flying Heinkel He 219 V12 from Venlo airfield, the Netherlands;
and by
- Hauptmann Heinrich Wohlers of the Stab I./NJG 6, flying a Bf 110G from Mainz-Finthen airfield.

The aircraft exploded in mid-air.

Takeoff time: 19:38
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB133

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB133
'Heinkel He 219' by R. Francis Ferguson

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
8 March 1945 PB699 619 Sqn RAF ? w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
03-Sep-2018 13:16 TigerTimon Added
09-Oct-2018 18:16 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]
08-Aug-2020 17:55 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Narrative]
10-Aug-2020 07:02 TigerTimon Updated [Source]

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