Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III DV289,
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Date:Friday 26 November 1943
Time:20:08 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: DV289
MSN: SR-T
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Heuchelheim, Hessen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Ludford Magna
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by night fighter pilot Major Wilhelm Herget of the Stab I./NJG 4, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Florennes airfield, Belgium.

Target: Berlin
Takeoff time: 17:24
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DV289

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DV289

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
4 September 1943 ED659 101 Sqn RAF 7 NNE of Stettin, Pommern (now Szczecin, PL) w/o
18 October 1943 DV230 101 Sqn RAF 9 near Brelingen, Wedemark, Niedersachsen w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
24-Nov-2018 18:25 TigerTimon Added
25-Nov-2018 08:23 stehlik49 Updated [Operator]

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