Accident Handley Page Halifax Mk II JD379,
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Date:Tuesday 24 August 1943
Time:00:09
Type:Silhouette image of generic hlfx model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Handley Page Halifax Mk II
Owner/operator:77 Sqn RAF
Registration: JD379
MSN: KN-M
Fatalities:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Queloh, Eschede, Niedersachsen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Elvington
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Hit by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of the 12./NJG 1 (flying Bf 110 G-4 'G9+DZ' from Leeuwarden airfield, the Netherlands) and by heavy Flak units.

Takeoff time: 20:19
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JD379

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JD379

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
29-Aug-2018 12:01 TigerTimon Added
07-Nov-2018 20:59 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]

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