ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 243650
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| Date: | Tuesday 13 June 1944 |
| Time: | 01:54 claim |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LV915 |
| MSN: | EY-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Le Champ de L'abbaye, Crèvecœur-le-Grand, Oise 60 -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Breighton, East Riding of Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 22:18 hrs for a bombing operation against railway yards at Amiens.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Stabsfeldwebel Walter Piwarz of the 7./NJG 2, who had taken off from Volkel airfield in the Netherlands before midnight, in a Junkers Ju 88.
There were no survivors amongst the crew.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=1335
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 June 1943 | JB855 | 78 Sqn RAF | 5 | Beugt, Noord-Brabant |  |
w/o |
| 24 March 1944 | LV903 | 78 Sqn RAF | 6 | Eckardtshausen, Marksuhl, Thüringen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Oct-2020 19:31 | TigerTimon | Added |
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