Accident Handley Page Halifax Mk II JD466,
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Date:Friday 21 January 1944
Time:23:31 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic hlfx model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Handley Page Halifax Mk II
Owner/operator:419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF
Registration: JD466
MSN: VR-E
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:1 km northwest of Borne, Sachsen-Anhalt -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Middleton St George, County Durham
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 19:41 hrs for an operation to Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt.

The aircraft was hit by the schwere Flak-Abteilung 539 and crashed.

For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JD466
Google Maps

Revision history:

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