Accident Handley Page Halifax Mk V LK917,
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Date:Monday 27 September 1943
Time:23:00 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic hlfx model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Handley Page Halifax Mk V
Owner/operator:434 (Bluenose) Sqn RCAF
Registration: LK917
MSN: IP-X
Fatalities:Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Eberholzen, Niedersachsen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 19:25 hrs (local time) for an operation against Hannover.

The aircraft was shot down by Leutnant Erwin Ernst of the 9./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente airfield in the Netherlands.
Note: coned by searchlights.

All eight rest in the Hannover War Cemetery.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LK917&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Google Maps

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
28 August 1943 DK258 434 (Bluenose) Sqn RCAF 2 near Ingolstadt, Bayern w/o
19 November 1943 LK990 434 (Bluenose) Sqn RCAF 1 Dorstfeld, Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o

Revision history:

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05-Jul-2021 12:35 TigerTimon Added

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