Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III JB121,
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Date:Wednesday 3 November 1943
Time:19:13
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:467 Sqn RAAF
Registration: JB121
MSN: PO-U
Fatalities:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Gerheiden, Olen, Antwerp -   Belgium
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Bottesford, Leicesershire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Werner Baake of the 3./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110G from Venlo airfield, the Netherlands.

Takeoff time: 17:03
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB121

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB121
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/lancaster-jb121-bij-olen

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
28 July 1943 W4946 467 Sqn RAAF 7 North Sea 8 km NW of Vlieland, Friesland w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
01-Nov-2018 16:05 TigerTimon Added
01-Nov-2018 19:45 Nepa Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator]
26-Jun-2022 01:43 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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