Accident Handley Page Halifax Mk II HR817,
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Date:Wednesday 18 August 1943
Time:00:13
Type:Silhouette image of generic hlfx model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Handley Page Halifax Mk II
Owner/operator:405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF
Registration: HR817
MSN: LQ-C
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Glücksburg, Schleswig-Holstein -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Gransden Lodge, England
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Coned by searchlights, hit by heavy Flak.

Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HR817

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HR817

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
28 June 1942 W1175 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF 7 probably on sandbank De Waard, Waddenzee, off Friesland w/o
28 June 1942 W1110 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF 7 North Sea off the Dutch coast 20 km SSW of Den Helder, Noord-Holland w/o
6 October 1942 W7763 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF 1 Landgoed Prattenburg Estate, Rhenen, Utrecht w/o
25 June 1943 HR816 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF 2 Kempen, Heinsberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
10-Aug-2018 15:23 TigerTimon Added
13-Oct-2018 16:48 stehlik49 Updated [Operator, Destination airport]

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