Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III JA917,
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Date:Monday 18 October 1943
Time:21:00
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:7 Sqn RAF
Registration: JA917
MSN: MG-P
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Moorlage, Emsbüren, Ems, Niedersachsen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Hit by the heavy Flak units 1., 3. & 4./schwere Flak-Abteilung 262 (0), 2./schwere Flak-Abteilung 611 (o) and the 1. & 3./schwere Flak-Abteilung 606 (o).

Takeoff time: 17:48
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JA917

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JA917

Images:


Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
16-Oct-2018 18:24 TigerTimon Added
03-Nov-2018 14:43 Nepa Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator]
23-Jun-2022 08:52 Ron Averes Updated [Location]
30-Jun-2023 14:39 tachel Updated [[Location]]

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