Accident Handley Page Halifax Mk II HR940,
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Date:Sunday 25 July 1943
Time:01:25
Type:Silhouette image of generic hlfx model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Handley Page Halifax Mk II
Owner/operator:51 Sqn RAF
Registration: HR940
MSN: MH-
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Kær Hestehave, municipality Sønderborg, Syddanmark -   Denmark
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Snaith
Destination airport:
Narrative:
On its way to the target Hamburg, Germany, HR940 was attacked and shot down by Oberleutnant Günther Köberich of the 11./NJG 3, flying Ju 88 C-6 D5+AV from Schleswig airfield, Germany.

Takeoff time: 22:56
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HR940

The crew members were all laid to rest in Aabenraa cemetery, Denmark on 29 July 1943. A memorial stone has been erected on the crash site.

Sources:

http://www.moseleians.co.uk/roll-of-honour-2/
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HR940

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
26 July 1943 HR934 51 Sqn RAF 7 North Sea 20 km west of Zandvoort, Noord-Holland w/o
3 August 1943 HR859 51 Sqn RAF 7 probably Hatzte, Elsdorf, Niedersachsen w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
04-Mar-2015 10:55 gerard57 Added
02-Jun-2015 13:37 Next Updated [Operator, Departure airport]
23-Jul-2018 20:40 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
06-Nov-2018 18:43 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]

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