Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III DV285,
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Date:Friday 26 November 1943
Time:19:24 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:101 Sqn RAF
Registration: DV285
MSN: SR-Q
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Rue Nicolas Lambercy, Aywaille, Liège -   Belgium
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Ludford Magna
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Eckart-Wilhelm von Bonin of the Stab II./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield.

Target: Berlin, Germany
Takeoff time: 17:13
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DV285

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DV285
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/lancaster-bij-aywaille

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
15 March 1944 ME558 101 Sqn RAF 8 near Mussig, Bas-Rhin (67) w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
24-Nov-2018 17:31 TigerTimon Added
25-Nov-2018 08:23 stehlik49 Updated [Operator]
26-Jun-2022 03:06 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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