Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III JB120,
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Date:Monday 27 September 1943
Time:22:10 claim
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF
Registration: JB120
MSN: LQ-D
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Aircraft missing
Location:IJsselmeer, poss near Overijssel -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Gransden Lodge, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 19:45 hrs (local time) for an operation against Hannover in Germany. Location is claimed.

The aircraft was shot down by Hauptmann August Geiger of the 7./NJG 1 based at Fliegerhorst Twente, flying a Bf 110 G-4.

All seven crew are missing in action and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB120&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Google Maps

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
25 July 1944 PA972 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF 0 RAF Gransden Lodge w/o
17 August 1944 PB239 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF 8 North Sea near the island of Sylt w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
22-Jun-2021 19:19 TigerTimon Added
15-Jun-2022 19:43 Ron Averes Updated [Location, Narrative]
23-Jun-2022 09:43 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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