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Date: | Friday 2 February 1945 |
Time: | |
Type: | Hawker Tempest V |
Owner/operator: | 56 (Punjab) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | JN808 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Elze, Niedersachsen -
Germany
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:On 2 February 1945 Sgt John Kenneth Holden of 56 Sqn RAF attacked a train from low altitude near Elze but hit the ground at 11:10 hrs and crashed. He was killed and his Tempest V JN808 -G was totally destroyed. Its remains were widely scattered on Teufelsberg heights.
Sources:
"Luftkrieg im Weserbergland. Eine Chronologie der Ereignisse", by Detlef Creydt. ISBN 978-3-931656-05-8
"2nd Tactical Air Force. Volume Three : From the Rhine to Victory. January to May 1945", by Christopher Shores and Chris Thomas. ISBN 1-903223-60-1
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2074443/HOLDEN,%20JOHN%20KENNETH https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elze http://www.maplandia.com/germany/niedersachsen/hannover/hildesheim/elze/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
14-Sep-2017 09:52 |
Laurent Rizzotti |
Added |
29-Jun-2018 07:45 |
angels one five |
Updated [Narrative] |
28-Nov-2019 16:41 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |