Accident Avro Lancaster Mk II DS668,
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Date:Sunday 20 June 1943
Time:02:01
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk II
Owner/operator:115 Sqn RAF
Registration: DS668
MSN: KO-R
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Ingrandes, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire -   France
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF East Wretham
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Erich Gollasch of the 11./NJG 5. The Lancaster was on a Gardening (mine-laying) operation to the Gironde estuary, France.

Takeoff time: 21:19
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DS668

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DS668

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
19 April 1944 LL667 115 Sqn RAF 7 near Common Farm, Witchford, near Ely, Cambridgeshire, England w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
15-Jun-2018 19:22 TigerTimon Added
28-Oct-2018 16:24 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]

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