ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 217061
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| Date: | Wednesday 3 November 1943 |
| Time: | 19:57 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LK948 |
| MSN: | MP-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rheydt, Mönchengladbach, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor |
Claimed shot down by two night fighter pilots:
- at 19:55, Feldwebel Günther Bahr of the 3./NJG 6, flying Bf 110 G-4 2Z+LL from Mainz-Finthen airfield
- at 19:57, Leutnant Wilhelm Henseler of the 4./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden airfield), Belgium.
Takeoff time: 17:03
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LK948
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LK948
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 April 1942 | W1017 | 76 Sqn RAF | 4 | Dunkerque area |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Nov-2018 18:04 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 07-Nov-2018 20:03 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
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