ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 214660
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| Date: | Wednesday 3 February 1943 |
| Time: | 20:48 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7921 |
| MSN: | DY-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Brokstreek, Essen, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Pocklington |
Shot down by the crew of Leutnant Werner Rapp & Unteroffizier Hans Ortmann of the 7./NJG 1, who were flying Bf 110 F-4 G9+GR from Twente airfield, the Netherlands.
Takeoff time: 18:38
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W7921
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W7921
Flugbuch Ortmann
the crash site was found by the historian Volker Urbansky email :v.urbansky@t-online.de
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 June 1942 | W7651 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 8 | near Radewijk, Overijssel |  |
w/o |
| 21 January 1944 | HX150 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 4 | near Becklingen, Bergen, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 17 June 1944 | MZ301 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea |  |
w/o |
| 25 June 1944 | MZ753 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 7 | near Fontaine-l'Étalon, Pas-de-Calais département |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Aug-2018 11:25 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 14-Oct-2018 17:20 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 04-Jan-2022 12:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Mar-2024 18:13 | Volker Urbansky | Updated [Source] |
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