ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231293
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| Date: | Friday 21 January 1944 |
| Time: | 22:50 claim |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 434 (Bluenose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | LK699 |
| MSN: | WL-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Helmstedt, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Croft, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 20:00 hrs for an operation to Magdeburg in Sachsen-Anhalt.
The aircraft was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Wilhelm Villforth of the 5./NJG 2 (based at Deelen airfield in the Netherlands), who was flying a Ju 88 C-6.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LK699
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 February 1944 | LL257 | 434 (Bluenose) Sqn RCAF | 4 | Harber, Hohenhameln, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 17 June 1944 | MZ297 | 434 (Bluenose) Sqn RCAF | 7 | near Alphen aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 29 July 1944 | LW596 | 434 (Bluenose) Sqn RCAF | 7 | Hamburg | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Dec-2019 06:32 | TigerTimon | Added |
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