Incident Avro Lancaster Mk III JB231,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231069
 
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Date:Monday 3 January 1944
Time:02:50 approx
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:49 Sqn RAF
Registration: JB231
MSN: EA-N
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Other fatalities:7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Steinförde, Fürstenberg/Havel, Brandenburg -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Fiskerton, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 23:46 hrs for an operation to Berlin.
Over Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the aircraft was rammed by another 49 Squadron aircraft, JB727. With one engine running and large part of its starboard wing missing, the crew safely abandoned the aircraft.
JB727, however, crashed with the loss of the entire crew.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB231
Google Maps

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
15 June 1943 ED432 49 Sqn RAF 6 near the ice cellar at the Fontijnallee road, Doorwerth, Gelderland w/o
8 July 1944 LM541 49 Sqn RAF 7 Le Chesne, Marbois, Eure département w/o
9 April 1945 PB374 49 Sqn RAF 7 Lutzkendorf mis

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
03-Dec-2019 10:16 TigerTimon Added
03-Dec-2019 11:04 TigerTimon Updated [Time]

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