Accident Handley Page Halifax Mk II HR738,
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Date:Tuesday 31 August 1943
Time:23:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic hlfx model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Handley Page Halifax Mk II
Owner/operator:158 Sqn RAF
Registration: HR738
MSN: NP-Z
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Dumberg, Bad Lippspringe, Nordrhein-Westfalen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Lissett
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Werner Baake of the 3./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 or He 219 A-0 from Venlo airfield, the Netherlands.

Takeoff time: 20:12
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HR738

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HR738

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
28-Aug-2018 09:26 TigerTimon Added
02-Nov-2018 17:41 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]

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