Incident Handley Page Halifax Mk II LW245,
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Date:Monday 20 December 1943
Time:19:39 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic hlfx model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Handley Page Halifax Mk II
Owner/operator:158 Sqn RAF
Registration: LW245
MSN: NP-P
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Altheim, Münster, Hessen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Lissett
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 16:36 for Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Hit by incendiary bombs and by Flak of the 2./schwere Flak-Abteilung 435.

Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LW245

Sources:

http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LW245

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
4 July 1943 HR734 158 Sqn RAF 4 Rue Edouard Colson, Ans, Liège w/o
1 September 1943 HR937 158 Sqn RAF 2 Görzke, Brandenburg w/o
9 October 1943 LW317 158 Sqn RAF 0 Schwaförden, Niedersachsen w/o
20 February 1944 LV786 158 Sqn RAF 1 near Listrup, Emsbüren, Ems, Niedersachsen w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
18-Dec-2018 10:54 TigerTimon Added
20-Dec-2018 13:08 stehlik49 Updated [Operator]

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