Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III JB177,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239840
 
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Date:Tuesday 7 September 1943
Time:00:40 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:156 Sqn RAF
Registration: JB177
MSN: GT-?
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Perlacher Forst, Bayern -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Warboys, Huntingdonshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 20:10 hrs local time for an operation against München in Bayern.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Manfred Meurer of the Stab II./NJG 5, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Parchim airfield in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Those who did not survive rest in the Durnbach War Cemetery.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB177
Google Maps

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
27 September 1943 JA919 156 Sqn RAF 6 Liethe, Wunstorf, Niedersachsen w/o
2 November 1944 PB486 156 Sqn RAF 0 RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire, England w/o

Revision history:

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11-Aug-2020 19:32 TigerTimon Added

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