ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231320
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Date: | Friday 21 January 1944 |
Time: | 23:17 LT |
Type: | Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | HX165 |
MSN: | ZA-J |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Elmhaus, Schöningen, Niedersachsen -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Melbourne, Yorkshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 19:47 for an operation to Magdeburg in Sachsen-Anhalt.
The aircraft was damaged by heavy Flak before it came down, but was probably also damaged by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Fritz Nischwitz of the 2./NJG 5 (based at Stendal airfield in Sachsen-Anhalt), who was flying a Bf 110 G-4.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HX165 Google Maps
History of this aircraft
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
11-Dec-2019 16:27 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
11-Dec-2019 16:31 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Narrative] |
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