ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 219494
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| Date: | Thursday 16 December 1943 |
| Time: | 20:05 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 97 (Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JA963 |
| MSN: | OF-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near the Schiller Park, Schillerstraße, Berlin -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 16:55 for an operation to Berlin.
Hit by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Walter Barte of the Stab III./NJG 3 (flying from Stade airfield) and exploded over Berlin-Reinickendorf.
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JA963
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JA963
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 August 1943 | EE105 | 97 (Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 1 | near Shouldham, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England |  |
w/o |
| 30 January 1944 | JB535 | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 7 | Kanaalweg road, Kolhorn, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 15 February 1944 | ND478 | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 5 | Mmeadow 150 metres south of Faaborg hospital, Syddanmark |  |
w/o |
| 12 September 1944 | PB510 | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 3 | Hargesheim | |
w/o |
| 22 March 1945 | PB521 | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 4 | South of the Elbe at Feldmark Leeswig, Hamburg-Neuenfelde | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Dec-2018 20:18 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 15-Dec-2018 17:16 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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