ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 121416
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| Date: | Friday 3 March 1944 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 148 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HR660 |
| MSN: | FS-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Loc. La Venza, Cerreto d'Esi; province of Ancona -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Brindisi (LIBR) |
| Brindisi (LIBR) |
Damaged by Flak and crashed.
The airplane was in a special parachuting mission in support of Italian resistence. Immediately after the launch the airplane crashed.
Sources:
Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/archive/index.php?t-615.html
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 August 1944 | JP276 | 148 Sqn RAF | 7 | Wojnarowa |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Mar-2011 08:07 | valter | Added |
| 26-Dec-2011 08:12 | Uli Elch | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Narrative] |
| 03-Jan-2012 04:21 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Jan-2012 05:48 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 22-Oct-2019 14:31 | gerard57 | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Aug-2021 13:42 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 17-Apr-2024 15:56 | j155 | Updated [Date] |
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