ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231052
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| Date: | Thursday 20 January 1944 |
| Time: | 19:30 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LM387 |
| MSN: | SR-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 6 km SW of Grabow, Landkreis Ludwigslust-Parchim, Mecklenburg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire |
Operation - Berlin.
The aircraft was shot down by a Ju 88 night fighter based at Deelen airfield in the Netherlands.
This was either Ju 88 R-2 R4+AA flown by Major Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein of the Stab/NJG 2
or
a Ju 88 C-6 flown by Oberfeldwebel Hans Berschwinger of the 4./NJG 2.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LM387
https://internationalbcc.co.uk/memories/wo-fred-stokes-1029666/
List of crashes of Allied aircraft between 1 January and 29 February 1944, included in MACR files (NARA publication number: M1380)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 June 1943 | W4311 | 101 Sqn RAF | 7 | Maas river near Grubbenvorst, Limburg |  |
w/o |
| 13 August 1944 | DV292 | 101 Sqn RAF | 8 | Brockum, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 8 March 1945 | PD268 | 101 Sqn RAF | 8 | Missing |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Dec-2019 20:53 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 03-Dec-2019 08:44 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Jul-2022 21:15 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 20-Jan-2024 13:50 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source] |
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