ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 215021
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| Date: | Monday 6 September 1943 |
| Time: | 00:15 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HR874 |
| MSN: | EY-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Germersheim, Rheinland-Pfalz -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Breighton |
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Werner Baake of the 3./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield, the Netherlands.
Takeoff time: 19:41
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HR874
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HR874
'The He 219' by R. Francis Ferguson
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 August 1942 | W1245 | 78 Sqn RAF | 5 | near Méan, Havelange, Namur |  |
w/o |
| 1 October 1942 | BB236 | 78 Sqn RAF | 4 | Am Friedenshügel, Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Sep-2018 13:04 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 03-Sep-2018 13:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2018 19:57 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 07-Aug-2020 18:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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