ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 210399
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| Date: | Wednesday 5 May 1943 |
| Time: | 00:34 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB915 |
| MSN: | EY-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Epe, Gronau, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Wolfgang Thimmig of the Stab III./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+BR from Twente airfield, the Netherlands.
Target: Dortmund
Takeoff time: 22:05
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/chapple-james-hugh-dundas.html
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/chapple-james-hugh-dundas.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 September 1943 | JD476 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | 2 km northwest of Wiechendorf (Wedemark, Niedersachsen) | |
w/o |
| 20 December 1943 | JN974 | 78 Sqn RAF | 0 | Oirschot, Noord-Brabant |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-May-2018 13:33 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 08-Nov-2018 06:15 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 26-Nov-2018 20:52 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Jun-2022 01:07 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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