Accident Handley Page Halifax Mk II JD457,
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Date:Thursday 23 September 1943
Time:22:50 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic hlfx model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Handley Page Halifax Mk II
Owner/operator:419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF
Registration: JD457
MSN: VR-F
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Gillenbeuren, Rheinland-Pfalz (claim location) -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Middleton St George, County Durham
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 19:02 hrs (local time) for an operation against Mannheim in Baden-Württemberg.

The aircraft was shot down by Hauptmann Herbert Lütje of the Stab IV./NJG 6 (detached to 8./NJG 1), who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente airfield in the Netherlands.

All seven rest in the Rheinberg War Cemetery.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JD457&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Google Maps

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
3 October 1943 JB967 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF 0 RAF Middleton St George, County Durham, England w/o
22 November 1943 LW231 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF 7 woods at the hamlet of Oude Willem, Drenthe w/o

Revision history:

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26-Jun-2021 11:44 TigerTimon Added

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