ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 243528
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| Date: | Sunday 28 May 1944 |
| Time: | 02:17 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 420 (City of London) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MZ502 |
| MSN: | PT-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Overpelt, Pelt, Limburg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 23:34 hrs for a bombing operation against the military camp at Leopoldsburg in Limburg.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Hans-Heinz Augenstein of the 12./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield. This was Augenstein's third victory of the night, bring his total credited victories to 34. The victories were shot down within four minutes.
All eight rest in the Heverlee War Cemetery at Leuven.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three, page 28.
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=MZ502
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 July 1944 | MZ713 | 420 (Snowy Owl) Sqn RCAF | 8 | Pas-de-Calais département |  |
w/o |
| 21 November 1944 | HX346 | 420 (Snowy Owl) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Broomfield House Farm, near Northallerton, North Yorkshire, England |  |
w/o |
| 5 March 1945 | NA190 | 420 (City of London) Sqn RCAF | 6 | Near RAF Dishforth | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Oct-2020 11:34 | TigerTimon | Added |
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