Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III JB123,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231066
 
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Date:Monday 3 January 1944
Time:02:30 approx
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:619 Sqn RAF
Registration: JB123
MSN: PG-D
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Wense, Osterheide, Niedersachsen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 23:26 hrs for an operation to Berlin.
The aircraft was hit by heavy Flak units and crashed.

For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB123

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
22 June 1944 LL808 619 Sqn RAF 3 Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o

Revision history:

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