Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III LM318,
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Date:Saturday 26 June 1943
Time:01:22 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: LM318
MSN: SR-Y
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:southeast of Lüdinghausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff for an operation to Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
Hit by heavy Flak of the 3./schwere Flak-Abteilung 429 (Eisb.).

Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LM318

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LM318

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
24 August 1943 EE192 101 Sqn RAF 7 North Sea, off Dutch coast mis
11 October 1944 LL771 101 Sqn RAF 8 Heille hamlet, Sluis, Zeeland w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
28-Dec-2018 21:30 TigerTimon Added
29-Dec-2018 19:24 Nepa Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]

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