Accident Avro Lancaster Mk I R5862,
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Date:Thursday 20 January 1944
Time:19:20 claim
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk I
Owner/operator:166 Sqn RAF
Registration: R5862
MSN: AS-N2
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Brandenburg state north of Berlin -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Kirmington, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 16:25 hrs for an operation to Berlin.
Probably, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Major Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein of the Stab/NJG 2, who was flying Ju 88 R-2 R4+AA from Deelen airfield in the Netherlands.

For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R5862

Revision history:

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03-Dec-2019 08:58 TigerTimon Added

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