ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231808
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| Date: | Sunday 20 February 1944 |
| Time: | 03:42 claim |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 433 (Porcupine) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HX230 |
| MSN: | BM-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Jüterbog, Brandenburg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Skipton-on-Swale, Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 00:07 hrs for an operation against aircraft assembly factories at Leipzig in Sachsen.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Volkmar Nicolas of the Stab IV./NJG 3, based at Westerland/Sylt airfield in Schleswig-Holstein.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/mckay-robert-james.html
Google Maps
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Nachtjagdgeschwader/NJG3.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2019 11:47 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 30-Dec-2019 11:47 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
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