Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III PB128,
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Date:Saturday 29 July 1944
Time:01:46 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:576 Sqn RAF
Registration: PB128
MSN: UL-S2
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Mörsch, Rheinstetten, Baden-Württemberg -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 21:14 hrs for a bombing operation against Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg.

The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Josef Förster of the 8./NJG 2, who was flying a Junkers Ju 88 from Volkel airfield in the Netherlands.

All seven crew members rest in the Durnbach War Cemetery.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=PB128&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Google Maps
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
23 May 1944 ME687 576 Sqn RAF 7 Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
25-Aug-2013 10:54 JINX Added
07-Nov-2018 18:44 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]
03-Mar-2021 18:45 TigerTimon Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]

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