ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231703
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| Date: | Sunday 20 February 1944 |
| Time: | 02:40 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JN972 |
| MSN: | DY-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Siedener Moor near Maasen, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 23:49 hrs for an operation against aircraft assembly factories at Leipzig in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Otto Fries of the 5./NJG 1 (based at St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield in Belgium), 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=JN972
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 June 1942 | R9529 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 6 | Haus Schuir mansion, Schuirweg 74, Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 27 July 1942 | W1153 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 3 | off Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 24 May 1943 | JD112 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 4 | near Oude Gouw, Grootslag polder, Bovenkarspel, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 20 January 1944 | HX187 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 3 | Ahrensfelde, 13 km NE from the centre of Berlin | |
w/o |
| 17 June 1944 | LW192 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 7 | Buren - Buurmalsen; Gelderland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Dec-2019 14:20 | TigerTimon | Added |
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