ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 163241
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Date: | Tuesday 24 April 1945 |
Time: | |
Type: | Handley Page Halifax |
Owner/operator: | 644 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | NA337 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Lake Mjosa -
Norway
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Station Tarrant Rushton in England |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:NA337 was flown by 644 Sqn RAF, and was on a Resistance resupply mission over Norway when it was shot down by German AA fire. It landed in Lake Mjosa in Norway, killing 5 of the 6 crewmembers. In 1991, 2 witnesses to the 1945 crash found the exact spot.
The plane was salvaged in the 1990's and is now on display in National Air Force Museum, Trenton, Ontario, Canada.
Sources:
http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMEHAW_Handley_Page_Halifax_NA337_National_Air_Force_Museum_Trenton_ON Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
14-Jan-2014 15:37 |
gerard57 |
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