ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 218377
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| Date: | Friday 26 November 1943 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LK903 |
| MSN: | MP-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Erbach, Eltville am Rhein, Hessen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire |
Hit by the night fighter pilots Hauptmann Eckart-Wilhelm von Bonin of the Stab II./NJG 1 (flying a Bf 110 G-4 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield, Belgium) and Feldwebel Hans Kissel of the 7./NJG 5 (flying from Neuruppin airfield).
Target: Frankfurt am Main
Takeoff time: 23:20
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LK903
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LK903
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 April 1942 | R9484 | 76 Sqn RAF | 7 | Oer-Erkenschwick, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 30 May 1942 | W1065 | 76 Sqn RAF | 7 | Gennevilliers - Hauts-de-Seine département |  |
w/o |
| 26 June 1942 | W7747 | 76 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea |  |
mis |
| 12 August 1943 | DK240 | 76 Sqn RAF | 5 | near Bernay, Eure | |
w/o |
| 22 January 1944 | LL185 | 76 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea W of Walcheren, Zeeland |  |
w/o |
| 15 March 1944 | LW657 | 76 Sqn RAF | 7 | Heslach, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg | |
w/o |
| 23 June 1944 | LW620 | 76 Sqn RAF | 7 | 10 miles WSW of Beverley, Yorks |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Nov-2018 09:55 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 23-Nov-2018 09:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
| 23-Nov-2018 15:06 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
| 23-Nov-2018 16:16 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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