Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III JB303,
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Date:Friday 26 November 1943
Time:19:37 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:7 Sqn RAF
Registration: JB303
MSN: MG-F
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:north-northeast of Limburg an der Lahn, Hessen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Oakington
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Albert Walter of the 1./NJG 6, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Mainz-Finthen airfield.

Target: Berlin
Takeoff time: 17:04
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB303

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB303

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
27 September 1943 JA849 7 Sqn RAF 6 Osteressen, Essen, Niedersachsen w/o
15 March 1944 ND557 7 Sqn RAF 8 near Tannheim, Villingen-Schwenningen, Baden-Württemberg w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
24-Nov-2018 17:38 TigerTimon Added
25-Nov-2018 08:32 stehlik49 Updated [Operator]

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