ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 166218
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| Date: | Friday 24 March 1944 |
| Time: | 22:27 claim |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 51 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MZ507 |
| MSN: | MH-P2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | W side of Dorfsee, Kreien, Mecklenburg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snaith, Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 18:43 hrs for an operation to Berlin.
The aircraft was shot down by Leutnant Friedhelm Wüstenhagen of the 1./NJG 5, who was flying Bf 110 G-4 C9+DH from Stendal airfield in Sachsen-Anhalt.
Two of the crew survived. One died a year later as a POW. The Messerschmitt crew didn't survive the encounter either. The Luftwaffe aircraft was hit by return fire and crashed.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
http://daten2.verwaltungsportal.de/dateien/seitengenerator/tafel0022_1.jpg
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.gemeinde-kreien.de/seite/176874/flugzeugabsturz_1944.html&prev=search
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-May-2014 19:34 | gerard57 | Added |
| 28-Sep-2015 18:29 | craigy | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Apr-2020 09:29 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Jul-2022 10:00 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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