ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 264604
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| Date: | Thursday 23 September 1943 |
| Time: | 23:03 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 428 (Ghost) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | DK271 |
| MSN: | NA-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Geinsheim am Rhein (next to the village townshall), Trebur, Hessen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George, County Durham |
Takeoff at 18:57 hrs (local time) for an operation against Mannheim in Baden-Württemberg.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and shot up by heavy (schwere) Flak at 23:02 hrs; attacked one minute later by Feldwebel Willi Rullkötter of the 2./JG 300, who was flying a Bf 109G from Bonn-Hangelar airfield in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
Those who perished rest in the Rheinberg War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DK271&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Google Maps
http://ww2.dk/air/jagd/jg300.htm
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 July 1943 | DK257 | 428 (Ghost) Sqn RCAF | 2 | 1 km north of Genderen, Noord-Brabant |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Jun-2021 08:26 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 26-Jun-2021 08:27 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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