ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231294
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| Date: | Friday 21 January 1944 |
| Time: | 23:00 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JN952 |
| MSN: | DY-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Wietzendorf, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 19:45 hrs for an operation to Magdeburg in Sachsen-Anhalt.
The aircraft was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Heinz-Horst Hissbach of the 5./NJG 2 (based at Deelen airfield in the Netherlands), who was flying a Ju 88 C-6.
It crashed about 700 metres northeast of Wietzendorf in the middle of a sawmill and burned on the ground for approximately two hours.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JN952
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 June 1942 | W7759 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 6 | Voortsweg road at Dulder, Saasveld, Overijssel |  |
w/o |
| 6 August 1942 | R9495 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 7 | Sint-Oedenrode, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 3 December 1942 | W7916 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 3 | Couvron-et-Aumencourt (Aisne), 11 km NW of Laon |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Dec-2019 06:36 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 10-Dec-2019 06:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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