ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 166567
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| Date: | Saturday 28 August 1943 |
| Time: | 01:04 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 158 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JD298 |
| MSN: | NP-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Marscherwald, Consdorf, Echternach canton -
 Luxembourg
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lissett, East Riding of Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 21:00 hrs (local time) for an operation against Nürnberg in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by the crew of Oberleutnant Bergmann & Feldwebel Schopp of the 8./NJG 4, who were flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Juvincourt airfield in France.
Three crew members did not survive the crash.
Sources:
https://www.mywort.lu/bech/31032915.html
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
Google Maps
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JD298&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 April 1943 | DT795 | 158 Sqn RAF | 7 | Wapenveld near Heerde, Gelderland |  |
w/o |
| 22 June 1943 | HR735 | 158 Sqn RAF | 8 | Kaathoven, municipality 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 3 June 1944 | MZ604 | 76 Sqn RAF | 6 | over Longvilliers, Yvellines |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-May-2014 14:55 | gerard57 | Added |
| 28-May-2014 14:56 | harro | Updated [Source] |
| 28-May-2014 17:19 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 19-Oct-2014 07:31 | HH99 | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 22-Jun-2021 18:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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