ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 176420
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| Date: | Thursday 15 March 1945 |
| Time: | 21:30 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 346 (Free French) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NA166 |
| MSN: | H7-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Beerenbroek, Genk, Limburg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Elvington, Yorkshire, UK |
Takeoff at 17:18 hrs for a bombing operation against Hagen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, intercepted by a Junkers Ju 88 G-6 of Nachtjagdgeschwader 2.
Four crew members died in the crash.
Sources:
http://www2.limburg.be/webfiles/pbl/hiplimburg/pdfs/wiki%20oorlogsverhalen/vier_doden_halifax.pdf
https://www.tracesofwar.nl/sights/134039/Crashlocatie-Handley-Page-Halifax-NA166.htm
Aircrew Remembered - http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=NA166&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 November 1944 | NA546 | 346 (Guyenne) Sqn RAF | 7 | Dahlhausen, Bochum, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-May-2015 07:22 | gerard57 | Added |
| 02-Jul-2022 17:42 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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