Accident Avro Lancaster Mk II NE114,
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Date:Tuesday 23 May 1944
Time:01:16
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk II
Owner/operator:166 Sqn RAF
Registration: NE114
MSN: AS-S
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Mettmann, NW of Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Kirmington
Destination airport:Dortmund
Narrative:
Mission to Dortmund.

Coned bt 2./Flakscheinwerfer Batallion 305 and shared victory by schwerer Flakabteilungen 305, 401 & 447.

Sources:

Theo Boiten: Nachtjagd 1944 Part 3, p. 019

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
12 May 1944 ME779 166 Sqn RAF 4 Elkerzee hamlet, Scharendijke, Zeeland w/o
30 August 1944 PD261 166 Sqn RAF 7 Missing w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
09-May-2023 20:54 redsix Added
29-May-2023 09:49 Nepa Updated

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