Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III LM372,
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Date:Sunday 2 January 1944
Time:night
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:467 Sqn RAAF
Registration: LM372
MSN: PO-K
Fatalities:Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Celle, Niedersachsen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 23:24 hrs for an operation to Berlin.

Probably, the aircraft was shot down by a Bf 110G night fighter of the Stab/NJG 3 based at Stade airfield.

For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LM372
Google Maps

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
4 October 1943 JA906 467 Sqn RAAF 4 North Sea 4 km northwest of Vlissingen, Zeeland w/o

Revision history:

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11-Dec-2019 19:01 TigerTimon Added

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