Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III EE109,
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Date:Monday 18 October 1943
Time:20:20
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: EE109
MSN: PG-F
Fatalities:Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:junction of Emdenstraße and Weddigenufer, Hannover, Niedersachsen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Woodhall Spa
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Caught by a searchlight, hit by Flak, shot down by the night fighter pilots Hauptmann Siegfried Hahn of the 9./NJG 3 (flying a Bf 110 or Ju 88) and Oberleutnant Walter Harjes of the Stab I./JG 300 (flying a Bf 109 G-6).

The aircraft crashed at the junction of Emdenstraße and Weddigenufer, on the edge of the Leine river.

Takeoff time: 17:50
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=EE109

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=EE109

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
25 April 1945 LM756 619 Sqn RAF 4 Adnet, near Spumberg, district of Hallein, state of Salzburg. w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
15-Oct-2018 07:23 TigerTimon Added
18-Oct-2018 15:27 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]

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