Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III EE189,
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Date:Monday 27 September 1943
Time:23:13 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:50 Sqn RAF
Registration: EE189
MSN: VN-S
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Groß Förste, Giesen, Niedersachsen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 19:31 hrs (local time) for an operation against Hannover.

The aircraft was intercepted and shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Schmidt, Feldwebel Schönfeld & Unteroffizier Hahne of the 8./NJG 1, who were flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+AS from Twente airfield in the Netherlands.

Those who perished rest in the Hannover War Cemetery.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=EE189&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Google Maps

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
25 July 1944 PA968 50 Sqn RAF 7 between Callac and Porcherais at Pontchâteau (Loire-Atlantique) w/o
9 April 1945 NG342 50 Sqn RAF 7 Wollingst w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
05-Jul-2021 08:07 TigerTimon Added
05-Jul-2021 08:33 TigerTimon Updated [Narrative]

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