ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 264956
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Date: | Thursday 23 September 1943 |
Time: | 23:15 LT |
Type: | Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 77 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | JD301 |
MSN: | KN-L |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Thierwasen, Ruppertsecken, Rheinland-Pfalz -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Elvington, Yorkshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 20:43 hrs (local time) for an operation against Mannheim in Baden-Württemberg.
The aircraft was shot down by Feldwebel Wolf Gütter of the 3./NJG 3 based at Vechta airfield (Niedersachsen).
Note: coned by searchlights.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JD301&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact Google Maps
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
01-Jul-2021 18:40 |
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