Accident Handley Page Halifax Mk III MZ604,
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Date:Saturday 3 June 1944
Time:01:01
Type:Silhouette image of generic hlfx model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Handley Page Halifax Mk III
Owner/operator:76 Sqn RAF
Registration: MZ604
MSN: NP-N
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:over Longvilliers, Yvellines -   France
Phase: Combat
Nature:
Departure airport:RAF Holme-On-Spalding Moor
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mission to the railyards at Trappes.

Shot down by 1./schw. Flak Abt. 538 & 3./Gemischte Flak Abt. 683.

Sources:

Bomber Command Losses bt W R CHORLEY, 1944, page 252
Theo Boiten: Nachtjagd 1944 vol 3, p. 031.

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
3 April 1943 DT795 158 Sqn RAF 7 Wapenveld near Heerde, Gelderland w/o
22 June 1943 HR735 158 Sqn RAF 8 Kaathoven, municipality 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant w/o
28 August 1943 JD298 158 Sqn RAF 3 near Marscherwald, Consdorf, Echternach canton w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
29-May-2023 01:18 redsix Added
29-May-2023 09:16 Nepa Updated

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