Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III EE115,
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Date:Tuesday 31 August 1943
Time:23:27
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:619 Sqn RAF
Registration: EE115
MSN: PG-G
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Höxter, Nordrhein-Westfalen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Woodhall Spa
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Heinz Grimm of the Stab IV./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden airfield, the Netherlands.

Takeoff time: 19:54
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=EE115

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=EE115

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
4 May 1944 JB134 619 Sqn 7 Crashed Courboin (Aisne) 10km South East of Chateau-Thierry. w/o
11 November 1944 PB356 619 Sqn RAF 8 Ellerholzhafen - Neuhof, Hamburg w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
28-Aug-2018 09:21 TigerTimon Added
09-Oct-2018 18:15 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]

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