ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239760
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| Date: | Monday 6 September 1943 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB118 |
| MSN: | OL-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | - -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 20:12 hrs local time for an operation against Mannheim and Ludwigshafen.
The aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances.
All seven rest in the Rheinberg War Cemetery.
Sources:
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB118
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 June 1942 | R5621 | 83 Sqn RAF | 4 | Baltic Sea | |
w/o |
| 3 April 1943 | ED334 | 83 Sqn RAF | 7 | Willinkbosweg road, Winterswijk, Gelderland |  |
w/o |
| 22 June 1943 | ED997 | 83 Sqn RAF | 7 | Oeffelt - Haps, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Aug-2020 08:47 | TigerTimon | Added |
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