ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 261782
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| Date: | Sunday 3 October 1943 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | JB967 |
| MSN: | VR-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Middleton St George, County Durham, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George, County Durham |
Takeoff at 18:36 hrs for an operation against Kassel in Germany.
On return to base and at 23:22 hrs, the aircraft was hit by an Me 410 A-1 of V./KG 2 based at Schiphol (the Netherlands) and sustained a damaged elevator. The controls failed on landing causing the Halifax to crash, the wing being torn off and the fuselage broken into three pieces.
Two crew members were injured.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB967&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 August 1943 | JD257 | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF | 7 | Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Rheinland-Pfalz |  |
w/o |
| 23 September 1943 | JD457 | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF | 7 | Gillenbeuren, Rheinland-Pfalz (claim location) | |
w/o |
| 22 November 1943 | LW231 | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF | 7 | woods at the hamlet of Oude Willem, Drenthe |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2021 15:12 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 17-May-2021 15:16 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 17-May-2021 16:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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