ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 213589
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| Date: | Monday 26 July 1943 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 51 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HR749 |
| MSN: | MH-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing, North Sea, off Dutch coast -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snaith |
Shot down by a night fighter.
There are two possibilities:
- or it was shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Rudolf Sigmund of the 10./NJG 1 (flying Bf 110 G-4 Wnr. 5380 from Leeuwarden airfield) at 23:57 on the 25th of July, with the location being the North Sea 10 km northwest of Borkum island, Germany.
- or it was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Rolf Bussmann of the 1./NJG 1 (flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield) at 01:36, with the location being the North Sea 55 km northwest of IJmuiden, Noord-Holland.
Takeoff time: 22:46
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HR749
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HR749
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 January 1943 | DT721 | 51 Sqn RAF | 3 | Huize Padua, between Boekel and Gemert, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 26 June 1943 | JD261 | 51 Sqn RAF | 7 | 1 km NE of Wanroij, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 23 August 1943 | HR936 | 51 Sqn RAF | 0 | along Westerhornerweg, Lutjegast, Groningen prv | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Jul-2018 17:06 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 06-Nov-2018 18:46 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 23-Jun-2022 07:35 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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