ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 191609
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| Date: | Monday 24 May 1943 |
| Time: | 01:03 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DK172 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Greven, 24 km SE of Rheine, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse, UK |
Shot down by Leutnant Werner Rapp & Unteroffizier Hans Ortmann of the 7./NJG 1, who had taken off at 00:24 hrs from Twente airfield, the Netherlands, in Bf 110 G-4 G9+CR.
The Halifax was on a bombing raid to Dortmund, Germany. Four occupants died in the crash, the other four occupants became prisoner of war.
Call Sign: MP-L
Takeoff time: 22:27
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DK172
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/halifax/24588-DK1721943-05-24.html
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DK172
http://www.luftwaffe.no/Table2.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/49/a7473549.shtml
Flugbuch Hans Ortmann
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Nov-2016 11:25 | gerard57 | Added |
| 23-May-2018 08:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-May-2018 08:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date] |
| 07-Nov-2018 20:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 20-Jan-2022 10:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Jun-2022 10:12 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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