Accident Handley Page Halifax Mk II JB787,
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Date:Monday 26 July 1943
Time:00:45
Type:Silhouette image of generic hlfx model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Handley Page Halifax Mk II
Owner/operator:35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF
Registration: JB787
MSN: TL-Z
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:west of Kirchhellen, Bottrop, Nordrhein-Westfalen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Graveley
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Hit by heavy Flak. The aircraft was hit in the tail section just after bombing.

Takeoff time: 21:54
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB787

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB787

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
9 July 1941 L9521 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF 3 Rijksweg 187, Mook, Limburg w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
24-Jul-2018 10:35 TigerTimon Added
24-Jul-2018 10:36 TigerTimon Updated [Operator]
24-Jul-2018 10:37 TigerTimon Updated [Narrative]
27-Oct-2018 16:23 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]

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