Accident Handley Page Halifax Mk II JB854,
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Date:Saturday 17 April 1943
Time:00:03
Type:Silhouette image of generic hlfx model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Handley Page Halifax Mk II
Owner/operator:408 (Goose) Sqn RCAF
Registration: JB854
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:municipality Louppy-le-Château, Meuse, Grand Est -   France
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Leeming
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Friedrich Tober of the Stab II./NJG 4, flying a Bf 110 from Saint-Dizier airfield.

Target: Plzeň (Pilsen), Czech Republic
Call Sign: EQ-D
Takeoff time: 21:05
Crew: http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=4272

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=4272

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
16-Apr-2018 13:12 TigerTimon Added
16-Apr-2018 13:15 TigerTimon Updated [Location]
06-Oct-2018 17:41 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]

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