Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III JB536,
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Date:Wednesday 3 November 1943
Time:20:00
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: JB536
MSN: PH-F
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:west of Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Wickenby
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Probably shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Hermann Leube of the 2./NJG 3, flying a Ju 88 C-6 from Wittmundhafen airfield.

Takeoff time: 17:17
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB536

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB536

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
1 September 1943 DV241 12 Sqn RAF 7 Halle/Hackpfüffel, Sachsen-Anhalt w/o
20 February 1944 JB609 12 Sqn RAF 7 along the Schaarweg, Elspeet, Gelderland w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
01-Nov-2018 20:22 TigerTimon Added
02-Nov-2018 19:49 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]

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