ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 181137
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| Date: | Monday 27 September 1943 |
| Time: | 23:00 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 35 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HR907 |
| MSN: | TL-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Schröttinghausen, Preußisch Oldendorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Graveley, Cambridgeshire, UK |
Takeoff at 19:39 hrs (local time) for an operation against Hannover in Niedersachsen.
The aircraft was intercepted and shot up by Leutnant Hans-Heinz Augenstein of the 9./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente airfield in the Netherlands.
The crew bailed out but two crew members died from the injures sustained when hitting the ground.
The plane crashed into a farm. A Russian couple in the building died in the crash.
Sources:
http://www.spurensuche-owl.de/front_content.php?idart=75
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Nov-2015 16:34 | gerard57 | Added |
| 12-Nov-2018 09:36 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 05-Jul-2021 12:44 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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