ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 138146
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| Date: | Sunday 4 July 1943 |
| Time: | 01:55 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BB428 |
| MSN: | DY-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Winterscheid, 7 NM WNW Prüm, Rheinland-Pfalz -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Pocklington, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 23:07 for an operation to Köln, Germany.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Herbert Hubatsch of the 5./NJG 5 (detached to 6./NJG 1), flying Bf 110 G-4 C9+FE from Bonn-Hangelar airfield. Also hit by several heavy Flak units.
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BB428
Sources:
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft BA100 - BZ999, published 2006
- Lost Bombers
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BB428
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 June 1942 | W7654 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 6 | Missing |  |
w/o |
| 9 September 1942 | W7677 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 3 | Rambrouch, 18km WSW of Ettelbruck. |  |
w/o |
| 25 June 1943 | JD144 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 5 | Failon, Namur |  |
w/o |
| 4 November 1944 | MZ772 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 7 | near Laurensberg, Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Aug-2011 12:21 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 17-Jan-2019 21:22 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Jan-2019 21:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
| 17-Jan-2019 21:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
| 19-Jan-2019 12:37 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 21-Nov-2023 20:50 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
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