Accident Handley Page Halifax Mk II HR812,
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Date:Tuesday 29 June 1943
Time:01:45 LT
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: HR812
MSN: TL-F
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Vieille Meuse River, Souverain-Wandre, Liège -   Belgium
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Graveley, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of the Stab II./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield.

Target: Köln, Germany
Takeoff time: 23:27
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HR812

Sources:

http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HR812
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/halifax-te-souverain-wandre

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
7 May 1942 W1050 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF 5 Libin, Luxembourg w/o
9 June 1942 W7699 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF 6 North Sea SW of Haamstede, Zeeland w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
15-Nov-2018 17:41 TigerTimon Added
18-Nov-2018 21:25 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
26-Jun-2022 05:27 Ron Averes Updated [Location]
07-Nov-2022 07:59 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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