Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III JB149,
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Date:Saturday 4 September 1943
Time:00:28
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:101 Sqn RAF
Registration: JB149
MSN: SR-R2
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Groß Glienicke, Potsdam, Brandenburg -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Ludford Magna
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Claimed shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Lenz Finster of the 2./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield, the Netherlands; and by heavy Flak units.

Takeoff time: 19:47
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB149

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB149

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
31-Aug-2018 07:50 TigerTimon Added
09-Oct-2018 05:17 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]

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