ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 244838
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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: | DT511 |
| MSN: | MP-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Liedern, Bocholt, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 17:22 hrs for a bombing operation against Duisburg.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Wolfrat Bauer of the 7./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Twenthe airfield in the Netherlands. It was his final victory claim.
All eight men perished in the crash and rest in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DT511
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 August 1941 | L9562 | 76 Sqn RAF | 7 | near RAF Middleton St George, County Durham, England |  |
w/o |
| 25 June 1942 | R9482 | 76 Sqn RAF | 5 | RAF Middleton St George, County Durham, England | |
w/o |
| 2 September 1942 | W1244 | 76 Sqn RAF | 1 | De Blankaart swamp, Diksmuide, West Flanders |  |
w/o |
| 25 June 1943 | DK166 | 76 Sqn RAF | 3 | Junkersdorf, Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 21 January 1944 | LK630 | 76 Sqn RAF | 1 | north of Hotham, East Riding of Yorkshire, England | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Nov-2020 18:57 | TigerTimon | Added |
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