ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231295
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| Date: | Friday 21 January 1944 |
| Time: | 23:10 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 77 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LK730 |
| MSN: | KN-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Dannigkow, Gommern, Sachsen-Anhalt -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elvington, Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 19:52 hrs for an operation to Magdeburg in Sachsen-Anhalt.
Probably, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Manfred Meurer of the Stab I./NJG 1, who was flying He 219 A-0 G9+BB from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LK730
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 June 1943 | JB852 | 77 Sqn RAF | 7 | De Harskamp (Wehrmacht practice range), Harskamp, Gelderland |  |
w/o |
| 1 September 1943 | JD413 | 77 Sqn RAF | 5 | junction Wiesenstraße/Südring, Datteln, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 3 November 1943 | JD321 | 77 Sqn RAF | 8 | Hoef ten Halve, Helvoirt, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Dec-2019 06:44 | TigerTimon | Added |
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