ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 238135
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| Date: | Thursday 1 October 1942 |
| Time: | 22:18 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | W7082 |
| MSN: | LQ-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bohlberg, Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Topcliffe, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 17:51 hrs local time for a low-level operation against Flensburg.
The aircraft was coned by the 3./Reserve-Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung 609 and hit by Flak of the 1.-4./Reserve-Flak-Abteilung 306 and the 1.-3./Reserve-Flak-Abteilung 755; crashed into a water tower at Bohlberg.
The crew was initially buried at Flensburg. Today, all eight rest in the Kiel War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W7082
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 June 1942 | W7713 | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF | 7 | Nierst, Meerbusch, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 1 August 1942 | W7718 | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF | 2 | southeast of Heppeneert, Maaseik, Limburg |  |
w/o |
| 15 October 1942 | W7854 | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF | 7 | Avenue des Chasseurs, Waterloo, Walloon Brabant | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Jul-2020 09:36 | TigerTimon | Added |
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