Accident Handley Page Halifax Mk II HR937,
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Date:Wednesday 1 September 1943
Time:01:05
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: HR937
MSN: NP-P
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Görzke, Brandenburg -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Lissett
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinz Strüning of the 3./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 or He 219 A-0 from Venlo airfield, the Netherlands.

Takeoff time: 20:29
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HR937

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HR937

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
4 July 1943 HR734 158 Sqn RAF 4 Rue Edouard Colson, Ans, Liège w/o
9 October 1943 LW317 158 Sqn RAF 0 Schwaförden, Niedersachsen w/o
20 December 1943 LW245 158 Sqn RAF 0 Altheim, Münster, Hessen w/o
20 February 1944 LV786 158 Sqn RAF 1 near Listrup, Emsbüren, Ems, Niedersachsen w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
28-Aug-2018 10:41 TigerTimon Added
02-Nov-2018 17:42 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]

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