ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 169541
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| Date: | Friday 31 March 1944 |
| Time: | 01:05 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LV881 |
| MSN: | ZA-Y |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Steinheim, Hungen, Hessen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Melbourne |
Takeoff at 22:16 hrs for a bombing operation against Nürnberg in Bayern.
Three men survived, four died in the crash.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Helmut Pleines of the 3./Nachtjagdgruppe 10, who had taken off from Bonn-Hangelar airfield in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
Sources:
https://www.pprune.org/archive/index.php/t-544218.html
http://www.lostaircraft.com/database.php?mode=viewentry&e=56
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LV881&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 January 1944 | JD273 | 10 Sqn RAF | 7 | Kliplev moor, Aabenraa, Syddanmark |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Sep-2014 19:40 | gerard57 | Added |
| 19-Oct-2014 07:39 | Xindel | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 03-Apr-2021 10:22 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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