ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 219858
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| Date: | Friday 25 June 1943 |
| Time: | 02:17 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JD144 |
| MSN: | DY-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Failon, Namur -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Pocklington, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 23:08 for an operation to Wuppertal, Germany.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Friedrich Graeff of the Stab I./NJG 4, flying a Bf 110G from Florennes airfield.
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JD144
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JD144
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 June 1942 | W7654 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 6 | Missing |  |
w/o |
| 9 September 1942 | W7677 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 3 | Rambrouch, 18km WSW of Ettelbruck. |  |
w/o |
| 4 July 1943 | BB428 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 5 | near Winterscheid, 7 NM WNW Prüm, Rheinland-Pfalz |  |
w/o |
| 4 November 1944 | MZ772 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 7 | near Laurensberg, Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Dec-2018 15:54 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 22-Dec-2018 15:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
| 24-Dec-2018 09:02 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 26-Jun-2022 03:18 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 21-Nov-2023 20:47 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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