Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III JB320,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 216446
 
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Date:Friday 22 October 1943
Time:21:40
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:57 Sqn RAF
Registration: JB320
MSN: DX-X
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Dransfeld, Niedersachsen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF East Kirkby
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Coned by searchlights, shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of the 12./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+FZ from Quakenbrück airfield.

Takeoff time: 18:12
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB320&o=DateIncident&d=asc

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB320&o=DateIncident&d=asc

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
9 November 1942 W4247 57 Sqn RAF 7 Hamburg-Ochsenzoll w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
20-Oct-2018 06:53 TigerTimon Added
20-Oct-2018 06:54 TigerTimon Updated [Narrative]
07-Nov-2018 19:08 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]

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