ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 213557
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| Date: | Sunday 25 July 1943 |
| Time: | 00:54 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DK187 |
| MSN: | MP-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 55 km NW of Vlieland, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Ernst-Georg Drünkler of the 2./NJG 5 (detached to 12./NJG 1), flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden airfield.
Takeoff time: 22:39
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DK187
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DK187
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 March 1944 | LW629 | 76 Sqn RAF | 6 | behind 21 Rue de Novion, Celles-sur-Plaine, Vosges (88), Grand Est |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jul-2018 21:04 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 07-Nov-2018 20:05 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 15-Jun-2022 04:47 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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