Accident Handley Page Halifax Mk II HR915,
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Date:Wednesday 1 September 1943
Time:00:59
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: HR915
MSN: LQ-O
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Berlin area -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Gransden Lodge
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Attacked by Unteroffizier Edmund Rajzner of the 4./JG 300, flying an Fw 190A.
Shot down by Oberleutnant Werner Baake of the 3./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield, the Netherlands.

Takeoff time: 19:56
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HR915

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HR915

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
28-Aug-2018 09:58 TigerTimon Added
05-Oct-2018 06:41 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator]
22-Jun-2021 18:25 TigerTimon Updated [Narrative]
22-Jun-2021 18:28 TigerTimon Updated [Narrative]

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