ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231067
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| Date: | Monday 3 January 1944 |
| Time: | 02:20 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 156 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB553 |
| MSN: | GT-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Reinickendorfer Straße street, Berlin-Wedding -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Warboys, Huntingdonshire |
Takeoff at 00:08 hrs for an operation to Berlin.
The aircraft fell foul of Flak of the 1. Flak Division.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB553
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 May 1944 | ND559 | 156 Sqn RAF | 6 | near Molenaarsgraaf, Zuid-Holland |  |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 03-Dec-2019 09:38 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 03-Dec-2019 09:38 | TigerTimon | Updated [Embed code] |
| 03-Dec-2019 10:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
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