ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 210711
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| Date: | Thursday 13 May 1943 |
| Time: | 02:06 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 77 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DT632 |
| MSN: | KN-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Gaxel, near Vreden, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elvington |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant August Geiger of the 7./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente airfield, the Netherlands.
Target: Duisburg
Takeoff time: 23:53
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DT632
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DT632
https://books.google.nl/books?id=LUYRBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT285&lpg=PT285&dq=halifax+DT632&source=bl&ots=cUcFPoeEnw&sig=9kwzhSWBhtmGx5uFNFE0k5h4ftU&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjZkO2T6_raAhXPJFAKHVFLCroQ6AEIQDAD#v=onepage&q=halifax%20DT632&f=false
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 August 1943 | JD167 | 77 Sqn RAF | 7 | Rue de Boussu, Dour, Hainaut |  |
w/o |
| 7 September 1943 | JD405 | 77 Sqn RAF | 7 | Kaufering, Bayern | |
w/o |
| 15 March 1944 | LL229 | 77 Sqn RAF | 6 | near Mézerolles, Somme (80) |  |
w/o |
| 17 June 1944 | MZ715 | 77 Sqn RAF | 6 | Bonegraafseweg road, Ochten, Gelderland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-May-2018 09:38 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 07-Nov-2018 21:07 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 26-Jan-2019 12:52 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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