ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 248493
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| Date: | Sunday 13 August 1944 |
| Time: | 00:21 claim |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MZ647 |
| MSN: | DY-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Rehborn railway station, Rheinland-Pfalz -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 21:50 hrs for a bombing operation against Rüsselsheim in Hessen.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Gustav Sarzio of the 6./NJG 1, who had taken off from Deelen airfield in the Netherlands, in a Bf 110 G-4.
All eight crew members rest in the Rheinberg War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=MZ647&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/2-raf-personal-photos-required-to-go-with-this-photo.29112/
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 July 1942 | R9442 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 6 | Corbais, Mont-Saint-Guibert, Walloon Brabant |  |
w/o |
| 11 September 1942 | W7752 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 8 | North Sea SW of Vlissingen, Zeeland |  |
w/o |
| 10 August 1943 | JD408 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 4 | near Vollmersbach, Rheinland-Pfalz | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Mar-2021 16:09 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 04-Mar-2021 16:12 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
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