Incident Handley Page Halifax Mk II JD312,
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Date:Monday 16 August 1943
Time:23:20
Type:Silhouette image of generic hlfx model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Handley Page Halifax Mk II
Owner/operator:138 (Special Duties) Sqn RAF
Registration: JD312
MSN: BF-J
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Unknown
Location:3 km east of Arx, Landes -   France
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Tempsford
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Aircraft on fire, crash landing. There is a remote possibility that an Fw 190 A-6 of the 2./JG 2, flown by Oberleutnant Karl Haberland, hit the aircraft.

Takeoff time: 20:15
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JD312

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JD312

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
10-Aug-2018 10:02 TigerTimon Added
28-Oct-2018 17:44 Nepa Updated [Operator, Phase, Operator]

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