Accident Handley Page Halifax Mk V LK632,
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Date:Thursday 18 November 1943
Time:21:08 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic hlfx model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Handley Page Halifax Mk V
Owner/operator:431 (Iroquois) Sqn RCAF
Registration: LK632
MSN: SE-M
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:eastern edge of Hohen-Sülzen, Rheinland-Pfalz -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Tholthorpe
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Coned by searchlights, shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinz Knigge of the 2./NJG 6, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Mainz-Finthen airfield.

Target: Ludwigshafen am Rhein
Takeoff time: 16:40
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LK632

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LK632

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
16-Nov-2018 18:32 TigerTimon Added
16-Nov-2018 20:02 TigerTimon Updated [Location]
19-Nov-2018 11:29 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
26-Dec-2020 18:39 Anon. Updated [Operator, Operator]

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