ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 240915
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Date: | Friday 5 January 1945 |
Time: | 19:30 |
Type: | Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 427 (Lion) Sqn RCAF |
Registration: | NR257 |
MSN: | "Y" |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Dudensen, 10 km north of Neustadt am Rubenburge -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | EGXE |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Part of a 133 aircraft Bomber Command operation against Hanover on the 5/6 January 1945. Fifteen aircraft from Leeming took part with NR257/Y being the only 427 Squadron casualty
Sources:
427 Squadron diary see -
https://www.427squadron.com/history/wartime_logs/jan_1945.html#crew Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
04-Sep-2020 18:45 |
macway01 |
Added |
19-Feb-2021 20:36 |
Iwosh |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
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