ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 214744
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| Date: | Tuesday 31 August 1943 |
| Time: | 03:50 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 427 ('Lion') Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | LK629 |
| MSN: | ZL- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | probably Aartselaar, Antwerp -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Walter Schön of the Stab I./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield, the Netherlands.
Takeoff time: 23:58
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LK629
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LK629
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 June 1943 | DK225 | 427 (Lion) Sqn RCAF | 6 | Oostmijzerdijk, Schermerhorn, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 23 June 1943 | DK141 | 427 (Lion) Sqn RCAF | 6 | Kaathoven, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 25 June 1943 | DK180 | 427 (Lion) Sqn RCAF | 5 | Rozenburg polder, Zuid-Holland | |
w/o |
| 26 June 1943 | DK190 | 427 (Lion) Sqn RCAF | 7 | near 'Huize Amelte', Veldhofstraat 50, Gorssel, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 31 July 1943 | EB242 | 427 (Lion) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Delhoven, Dormagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Aug-2018 13:59 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 05-Oct-2018 06:42 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 26-Jun-2022 03:02 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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