Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III JB478,
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Date:Thursday 2 December 1943
Time:20:41 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:12 Sqn RAF
Registration: JB478
MSN: PH-C
Fatalities:Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Rüdnitz, Brandenburg -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Wickenby, UK
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Coned by searchlights, hit by heavy Flak. The entire crew perished in the crash.

Takeoff time: 16:55
Crew:
•W/O L.Lawrence KIA
•Sgt R.S.Ward KIA
•Sgt S.O.J.Boxshall KIA
•Sgt J.L.Selkirk KIA
•Sgt H.Johnson KIA
•Sgt G.H.Reveley KIA
•Sgt E.W.Pritchard KIA
•Sgt A.H.Forward KIA
The deceased are buried at the Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery in Germany.
R.I.P.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB478
http://www.mehrow.de/Geschichte/1900_bis_1945/RAF-Bomber/JB478_Lc_Dez43_Bernau.html

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
6 September 1943 W4370 12 Sqn RAF 2 Oppau, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Rheinland-Pfalz w/o
15 March 1944 ND447 12 Sqn RAF 6 Hartheim am Rhein, Baden-Württemberg w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
16-Dec-2014 12:28 gerard57 Added
11-Feb-2015 13:45 Heil Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
18-Oct-2018 19:14 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
30-Nov-2018 14:33 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]
23-Sep-2019 19:30 Anon. Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative]
23-Sep-2019 19:30 harro Updated [Total occupants]

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