ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 89912
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| Date: | Thursday 3 December 1942 |
| Time: | 04:25 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7884 |
| MSN: | DY-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Laumersheim, Rheinland-Pfalz -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Pocklington |
Takeoff at 01:38 hrs for a bombing operation against Frankfurt am Main in Hessen.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Heinz-Martin Hadeball of the 8./NJG 4, who was flying a Bf 110 F-4.
Those who did not survive rest in the Rheinberg War Cemetery.
Sources:
Annonces de l'Ourthe - 23/12/2010
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft W1000 - Z9999, published 1998
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W7884
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 October 1942 | W1066 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 7 | Flensburg area, Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
| 5 October 1942 | W7824 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 1 | Ingendorf, Pulheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Feb-2011 09:22 | ThW | Added |
| 07-Feb-2011 02:15 | penguin832 | Updated [Date, Source] |
| 17-Aug-2011 04:02 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 17-Aug-2011 05:00 | Uli Elch | Updated [Source] |
| 17-Aug-2011 05:00 | Anon. | Updated [Departure airport, Source] |
| 06-Sep-2011 02:32 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Nov-2012 04:38 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-May-2013 16:22 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 12-Aug-2013 13:54 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 05-Mar-2014 06:41 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 29-Oct-2019 11:05 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 05-Nov-2019 21:59 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 04-Nov-2020 17:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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