ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 136910
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| Date: | Thursday 2 November 1944 |
| Time: | 20:56 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk VII |
| Owner/operator: | 426 (Thunderbird) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | NP696 |
| MSN: | OW-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | B.58 Melsbroek Airfield, Flemish Brabant -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire |
Took off at 16:06 hrs for an operation against Düsseldorf in Germany.
At 19:15 hrs and flying over the Duisburg-Ratingen area, the aircraft was shot up by Major Paul Semrau of the Stab II./NJG 2, who had taken off from an airfield at Köln in a Junkers Ju 88 G-6. This attack caused extensive damage and blew out the port inner engine; crash-landed B.58 Melsbroek.
Crew: P/O Hamilton G.S. RCAF , P/O Welsh R , P/O Dunn R , F/Sgt Holmes S RCAF , WO1 Ives G RCAF , F/Sgt Cairns RI RCAF and WO1 McLeod JA RCAF - all safe
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part five
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=NP696&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=25651
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 May 1944 | LW682 | 426 (Thunderbird) Sqn RCAF | 8 | Pijlekaartstraat, Schendelbeke, East Flanders | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Jun-2011 01:47 | ThW | Added |
| 26-Dec-2011 08:08 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Narrative] |
| 06-Jun-2013 17:54 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 06-Sep-2021 11:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Jun-2022 05:15 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 06-Nov-2022 23:16 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 06-Nov-2022 23:16 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 11-Nov-2022 19:20 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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