ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239757
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Date: | Monday 6 September 1943 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF |
Registration: | JD410 |
MSN: | VR-V |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | between Erfenstein and Esthal; Rheinland-Pfalz -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George, County Durham |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 19:41 hrs local time for an operation against Mannheim and Ludwigshafen.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by a Bf 110 G-4 night fighter. It was seen to break up in the air and crashed in two pieces between Erfenstein and Esthal.
The attacker belonged either to 3./NJG 6 (Oblt. Hadeball) or 4./NJG 1 (Lt. Henseler).
Those who did not survive rest in the Rheinberg War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JD410 Google Maps
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Aug-2020 08:34 |
TigerTimon |
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10-Aug-2020 08:35 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Narrative] |
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