Accident Handley Page Halifax Mk II JD256,
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Date:Monday 26 July 1943
Time:00:35
Type:Silhouette image of generic hlfx model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Handley Page Halifax Mk II
Owner/operator:419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF
Registration: JD256
MSN: VR-A
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Bergeborbeck, Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Middleton St George
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Hit by heavy Flak.

Takeoff time: 22:17
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JD256

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JD256

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
5 May 1943 W7817 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF 1 Noordeinde (Kampernieuwstad), Gelderland w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
24-Jul-2018 10:21 TigerTimon Added
10-Oct-2018 13:10 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]

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