Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III JA858,
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Date:Monday 6 September 1943
Time:01:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:156 Sqn RAF
Registration: JA858
MSN: GT-Y
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:municipality of Ormersviller, Moselle, Grand Est -   France
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Warboys
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Werner Hellenbrucks of the 3./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield, the Netherlands.

Takeoff time: 19:30
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/prichard-john.html

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JA858
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/prichard-john.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
04-Sep-2018 17:10 TigerTimon Added
03-Nov-2018 10:06 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]

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