ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231702
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| Date: | Sunday 20 February 1944 |
| Time: | 02:40 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HR805 |
| MSN: | ZA-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bremen-Vahr -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Melbourne, Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 23:39 hrs for an operation against aircraft assembly factories at Leipzig in Germany.
Over Bremen, the aircraft was engaged by heavy Flak and by Leutnant Fries of the 8./JG 302, based at Oldenburg airfield in Niedersachsen. Flight Sergeant E. Murray managed to survive and was taken prisoner of war.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HR805
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 April 1942 | W1054 | 10 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire, England |  |
w/o |
| 6 June 1942 | W7696 | 10 Sqn RAF | 3 | north of Liblar, Erftstadt, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Dec-2019 14:07 | TigerTimon | Added |
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