ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 244837
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| Date: | Sunday 20 December 1942 |
| Time: | 19:45 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DT570 |
| MSN: | MP-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Weeze, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 17:41 hrs for a bombing operation against Duisburg.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Reinhold Knacke of the 1./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands.
All eight crew members rest in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DT570
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 August 1941 | L9531 | 76 Sqn RAF | 5 | near Wittstedt, Bramstedt, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 29 June 1943 | DK137 | 76 Sqn RAF | 7 | Vottem, Herstal, Liège |  |
w/o |
| 7 September 1943 | EB250 | 76 Sqn RAF | 6 | Oberhaching, Bayern | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Nov-2020 18:50 | TigerTimon | Added |
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