ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 218415
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| Date: | Friday 26 November 1943 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LW326 |
| MSN: | TL-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Helmest, Liège -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Graveley, Cambridgeshire |
Hit by the night fighter pilots Major Wilhelm Herget of the Stab I./NJG 4 (flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Florennes airfield) and Leutnant Wilhelm Henseler of the 4./NJG 1 (flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+CM from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield).
Target: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Takeoff time: 00:18
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LW326
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LW326
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 August 1941 | L9500 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 7 | near Andervenne, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
| 31 March 1942 | R9438 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 7 | Fitful Head, Shetland |  |
w/o |
| 20 May 1942 | W7658 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 4 | near Le Petit Sabot at Aiglemont, Ardennes |  |
w/o |
| 24 August 1943 | HR846 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 2 | target area (Berlin) | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Nov-2018 15:25 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 23-Nov-2018 15:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 23-Nov-2018 15:27 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 23-Nov-2018 16:15 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 26-Jun-2022 03:07 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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