ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 192061
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| Date: | Saturday 17 April 1943 |
| Time: | 02:26 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DK165 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Haßloch and Lachen-Speyerdorf, Rheinland-Pfalz -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Rudolf Stöber of the 9./NJG 101, flying a Bf 110 from Kitzingen airfield. Only one crew member survived the crash.
Target: Plzeň (Pilsen), Czech Republic
Call Sign: MP-E
Takeoff time: 20:41
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/halifax/24704-DK1651943-04-17.html
https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/wreck-of-plane-crash-that-killed-county-man-73-years-ago-discovered/story-29994160-detail/story.html_
http://www.ig-heimatforschung.de/projekte-wk2/halifax-dk165-haßloch-speyerdorf/
https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/memorial-at-last-for-second-world-war-blackpool-airman-1-8266072
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Dec-2016 14:50 | gerard57 | Added |
| 16-Apr-2018 19:54 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2018 20:48 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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