Accident Handley Page Halifax Mk III JD420,
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Date:Saturday 22 January 1944
Time:00:06 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic hlfx model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Handley Page Halifax Mk III
Owner/operator:419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF
Registration: JD420
MSN: VR-D
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Neuenfelde, Elsfleth, Niedersachsen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Middleton St George, County Durham
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 19:46 hrs for an operation to Magdeburg in Sachsen-Anhalt.

The aircraft was hit by several heavy Flak units and crashed.

For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/hawkes-vernon-lorraine.html
Google Maps

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
4 October 1943 JD463 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF 6 Cour-sur-Heure, Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes, Hainaut w/o

Revision history:

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