ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 248445
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| Date: | Saturday 29 July 1944 |
| Time: | 01:17 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 427 (Lion) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MZ757 |
| MSN: | ZL-Y |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Howaldtwerft shipyard in Hamburg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 22:25 hrs for a bombing operation against Hamburg.
The aircraft was set on fire by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Schmidt, Fw. Schönfeld & Fw. Schlosser of the 8./NJG 1, who had taken off from Twente airfield in the Netherlands at 00:21 hrs, in Bf 110 G-4 G9+AS.
Following the night fighter attack, the doomed aircraft was engaged by Flak of 1. & 2./schw. Flak Abt. 414 (Turmflak), 2. & 4./schw. Flak Abt. 607, 3./schw. Flak Abt. 225 and 1./schw. Flak Abt. 613 RAD (Grossbatterie).
All seven crew members rest in the Hamburg (Ohlsdorf) Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=MZ757&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Mar-2021 09:17 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 03-Mar-2021 09:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-Mar-2021 09:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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