ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 180571
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| Date: | Monday 9 October 1944 |
| Time: | 20:35 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 462 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | MZ400 |
| MSN: | Z5-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bredenscheid, Hattingen, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Driffield, Yorkshire, UK |
Takeoff at 17:30 hrs for a bombing operation against Bochum in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft was shot down by a Bf 110 G-4 of the Stab IV./NJG 1 from Dortmund-Brackel airfield, either flown by the Kommandeur Hauptmann Schnaufer (in G9+EF) or by the Gruppen Adjutant, Oberleutnant Fengler (in G9+CF).
The seven deceased crewmembers are buried at the Reichswald War Cemetery in Germany.
Sources:
http://www.moseleians.co.uk/roll-of-honour-2/
http://www.462squadron.com/pages/squadron_crews/coleman_crew_29.html
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
Google Maps
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/coleman-gerald.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Oct-2015 09:48 | gerard57 | Added |
| 08-Jan-2016 14:51 | JIXN | Updated [Operator] |
| 29-Mar-2021 15:22 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Mar-2021 15:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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