Accident Avro Lancaster Mk II DS718,
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Date:Wednesday 29 December 1943
Time:19:15 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk II
Owner/operator:408 (Goose) Sqn RCAF
Registration: DS718
MSN: EQ-R
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Wietmarschen, GB, Niedersachsen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 17:22 for an operation to Berlin.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of the 12./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden airfield, the Netherlands.

Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DS718

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DS718

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
20 February 1944 LL720 408 (Goose) Sqn RCAF 7 Westerschelde off Paal, Graauw, Zeeland w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Dec-2018 18:02 TigerTimon Added
28-Dec-2018 19:43 stehlik49 Updated [Operator]
23-Jun-2022 05:45 Ron Averes Updated [Location]
23-Jun-2022 08:31 Ron Averes Updated [Location]
25-Jun-2022 04:05 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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