ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 248523
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| Date: | Thursday 17 August 1944 |
| Time: | 00:28-38 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 431 (Iroquois) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MZ372 |
| MSN: | SE-Y |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | sea off Schleswig-Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Croft, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 21:23 hrs for a bombing operation against Kiel in Schleswig-Holstein.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by a night fighter. The attacker was either Oberleutnant Fritz Lau of the 4./NJG 1 (flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Deelen airfield in the Netherlands) or Oberleutnant Herbert Koch of the 1./NJG 3 (flying Ju 88 G-1 D5+EH from Schleswig airfield).
All seven crew members are missing in action. For their names, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=MZ372&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Mar-2021 10:07 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 05-Mar-2021 10:08 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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