ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 217925
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| Date: | Thursday 18 November 1943 |
| Time: | 21:05 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LK957 |
| MSN: | MP-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Zotzenbach, Rimbach, Hessen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor |
Coned by searchlights, hit by Flak over Mannheim and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Martin Becker of the Stab I./NJG 6, flying Bf 110 G-4 2Z+HB from Mainz-Finthen airfield.
Target: Ludwigshafen am Rhein
Takeoff time: 16:37
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LK957
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LK957
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 October 1941 | L9561 | 76 Sqn RAF | 1 | near Wons, Friesland |  |
w/o |
| 4 May 1942 | R9451 | 76 Sqn RAF | 4 | Ottensen, Buxtehude, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 27 July 1942 | R9485 | 76 Sqn RAF | 4 | near Pippensen at Daensen, Buxtehude, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Nov-2018 18:27 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 16-Nov-2018 20:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 19-Nov-2018 19:45 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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