Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III JA865,
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Date:Tuesday 23 November 1943
Time:20:22 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:166 Sqn RAF
Registration: JA865
MSN: AS-A
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Lehnin, Kloster Lehnin, Brandenburg -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Kirmington, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Heinrich Säwert of the 4./NJG 5, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Greifswald airfield.

Target: Berlin
Takeoff time: 17:02
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JA865

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JA865

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
27 September 1943 JA704 166 Sqn RAF 6 Mahlerten, Nordstemmen, Niedersachsen w/o
21 February 1945 PA179 166 Sqn RAF 7 Missing w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
21-Nov-2018 08:42 TigerTimon Added
23-Nov-2018 16:26 Nepa Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]

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