ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 265193
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| Date: | Monday 27 September 1943 |
| Time: | 23:30 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LW230 |
| MSN: | EY-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hattendorf, Auetal, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Breighton, East Riding of Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 19:05 hrs (local time) for an operation against Hannover.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by Hauptmann August Geiger of the 7./NJG 1 based at Fliegerhorst Twente (the Netherlands), flying a Bf 110 G-4.
All seven rest in the Hannover War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LW230&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 July 1943 | JB801 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | 2.5 km north of Giessenburg, Zuid-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 31 July 1943 | JD329 | 78 Sqn RAF | 5 | Uedesheim, Neuss, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jul-2021 18:01 | TigerTimon | Added |
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