ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 235960
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| Date: | Thursday 30 July 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W1059 |
| MSN: | EY-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Channel -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George, County Durham |
Takeoff at 23:01 hrs for an operation to Saarbrücken in Germany.
On the way home, the aircraft was attacked four times by a 'Ju 88' 80 miles off the Belgian coast and severely shot up, starboard outer and port inner engines damaged, unable to maintain height and ditched.
Probably, the attacker was Oberfeldwebel Heinz Strüning of the 8./NJG 2, who was flying a Ju 88 C-6 from Gilze-Rijen airfield in the Netherlands.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W1059
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 February 1944 | LW367 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | Kallenkote, Overijssel |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-May-2020 19:32 | TigerTimon | Added |
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