ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 248450
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| Date: | Saturday 29 July 1944 |
| Time: | 01:38 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 431 (Iroquois) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MZ859 |
| MSN: | SE-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Büsumer Deichhausen, Schleswig-Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Croft, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 22:32 hrs for a bombing operation against Hamburg.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Rolf Ebhardt of the 8./NJG 1, who had taken off from Twente airfield in the Netherlands, in Bf 110 G-4 G9+ES.
Those who perished rest in the Kiel War Cemetery, except Sergeant W.F. Windsor, who is buried in the Hannover War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=MZ859&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Mar-2021 10:17 | TigerTimon | Added |
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