ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 235880
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| Date: | Monday 27 July 1942 |
| Time: | 02:32 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 158 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W1164 |
| MSN: | NP-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Moor, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 23:00 hrs for an operation to Hamburg.
The aircraft was intercepted by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Schoenert & Feldwebel Richter of the 4./NJG 2, who had taken off from Wittmund airfield in Bf 110 F-4 R4+BM - (claim) Dollard, west of Emden (prob. Jaguar) at 02:32.
Four of the crew are missing in action. For their names, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W1164
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 September 1942 | BB205 | 158 Sqn RAF | 0 | Ter Idzard, Friesland |  |
w/o |
| 14 July 1943 | HR720 | 158 Sqn RAF | 1 | Vorstenbosch, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 3 October 1943 | LW296 | 158 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea off Texel, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
| 31 March 1944 | HX322 | 158 Sqn RAF | 6 | Caumont, Pas-de-Calais département |  |
w/o |
| 5 January 1945 | NR251 | 158 Sqn RAF | 1 | Haarle, Hellendoorn, Overijssel | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-May-2020 15:01 | TigerTimon | Added |
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