Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III DV241,
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Date:Wednesday 1 September 1943
Time:00:13
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: DV241
MSN: PH-F
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Halle/Hackpfüffel, Sachsen-Anhalt -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Wickenby
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: 20:07
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DV421

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DV421

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
3 November 1943 JB536 12 Sqn RAF 7 west of Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o
20 February 1944 JB609 12 Sqn RAF 7 along the Schaarweg, Elspeet, Gelderland w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
28-Aug-2018 09:47 TigerTimon Added
19-Oct-2018 18:47 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]

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