Accident Handley Page Halifax Mk V EB257,
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Date:Wednesday 3 November 1943
Time:19:55
Type:Silhouette image of generic hlfx model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Handley Page Halifax Mk V
Owner/operator:434 (Bluenose) Sqn RCAF
Registration: EB257
MSN: IP-E
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Fortuna-Nord-Straße, Niederaußem, Bergheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Tholthorpe
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Hans-Joachim Jabs of the Stab IV./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+AF from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield, Belgium.

Takeoff time: 16:30
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=EB257

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=EB257

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
27 September 1943 LK919 434 (Bluenose) Sqn RCAF 7 Stemmen, Hespe, Niedersachsen w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
01-Nov-2018 18:11 TigerTimon Added
01-Nov-2018 18:12 TigerTimon Updated [Location]
01-Nov-2018 20:41 TigerTimon Updated [Location]
02-Nov-2018 19:55 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]

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