ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239906
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| Date: | Saturday 4 September 1943 |
| Time: | 00:24 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JA929 |
| MSN: | MG-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Berlin-Reinickendorf -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 20:13 hrs local time for an operation against Berlin.
Over the target, the aircraft was coned by searchlights and hit by schwere (heavy) Flak; exploded in mid-air.
The seven crew members have no known grave and are all commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JA929
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 November 1943 | JA970 | 7 Sqn RAF | 7 | Hommelwerke, Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg | |
w/o |
| 22 November 1943 | EE119 | 7 Sqn RAF | 7 | Hessendorf near Rinteln, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 23 November 1943 | JB480 | 7 Sqn RAF | 7 | Unknown (Berlin raid) | |
mis |
| 23 April 1944 | ND353 | 7 Sqn RAF | 3 | target area - Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 6 January 1945 | PB526 | 7 Sqn RAF | 7 | 12 km SSW from Bad Zwischenahn | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Aug-2020 07:40 | TigerTimon | Added |
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