Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III ED647,
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Date:Wednesday 18 August 1943
Time:01:44
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:100 Sqn RAF
Registration: ED647
MSN: HW-T
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Peenemünde, Pommern -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Grimsby
Destination airport:Peenemünde, Germany
Narrative:
Probably shot down by night fighter pilot Major Walter Ehle of the Stab II./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield, Belgium.

Takeoff time: 21:24
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ED647

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ED647

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
19 July 1944 LM569 100 Sqn RAF 7 Scholven-Buer, Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
10-Aug-2018 18:37 TigerTimon Added
14-Oct-2018 16:41 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
04-Jul-2022 05:20 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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