ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 166280
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| Date: | Friday 31 March 1944 |
| Time: | 01:41 claim |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 425 (Alouette) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | LW429 |
| MSN: | KW-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tauchersreuth, Lauf an der Pegnitz, Bayern -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tholthorpe, Yorkshire, UK |
| RAF Tholthorpe, Yorkshire, UK |
Takeoff at 21:55 hrs for an operation to Nürnberg in Bayern.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Emil Nonnenmacher of the 8./NJG 2, who was flying a Ju 88 from Twente airfield in the Netherlands. The crew all rest at Durnbach War Cemetery:
F/O J. Taylor RCAF
Sgt P. Furlong RAF
F/O G. Munro RCAF
P/O F. Majchrowicz RCAF
P/O J. Sheahan RCAF
P/O A. De Witt RCAF
F/Sgt P. Mitchell RCAF
R.I.P.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LW429
Google Maps
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.kleingeschaidt.de/sublinks/geschichte/luftangriff.htm]
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-May-2014 18:40 | gerard57 | Added |
| 05-Nov-2014 16:46 | Depak | Updated [Operator] |
| 05-Nov-2014 16:47 | Unites | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 25-May-2015 18:41 | Ing Edcker | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 31-Mar-2020 11:29 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Mar-2020 11:29 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
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