ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 217869
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| Date: | Tuesday 29 June 1943 |
| Time: | 01:55 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DK137 |
| MSN: | MP-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Vottem, Herstal, Liège -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor |
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: 23:24
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DK137
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DK137
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/halifax-te-vottem
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 August 1941 | L9531 | 76 Sqn RAF | 5 | near Wittstedt, Bramstedt, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
| 20 December 1942 | DT570 | 76 Sqn RAF | 8 | near Weeze, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 7 September 1943 | EB250 | 76 Sqn RAF | 6 | Oberhaching, Bayern | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Nov-2018 17:46 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 19-Nov-2018 19:45 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 26-Jun-2022 03:15 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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