ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231283
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| Date: | Friday 21 January 1944 |
| Time: | 22:30 claim |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HX150 |
| MSN: | DY-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Becklingen, Bergen, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 20:16 hrs for an operation to Magdeburg in Sachsen-Anhalt.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Otto Fries of the 5./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield in Belgium.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HX150
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 June 1942 | W7651 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 8 | near Radewijk, Overijssel |  |
w/o |
| 3 February 1943 | W7921 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 4 | Brokstreek, Essen, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 17 June 1944 | MZ301 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea |  |
w/o |
| 25 June 1944 | MZ753 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 7 | near Fontaine-l'Étalon, Pas-de-Calais département |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Dec-2019 20:41 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 09-Dec-2019 20:42 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
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