ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231813
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| Date: | Sunday 20 February 1944 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LV864 |
| MSN: | TL-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1 km south of Buckow, Milower Land, Brandenburg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Graveley, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 00:05 hrs for an operation against aircraft assembly factories at Leipzig in Sachsen.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down in flames by a night fighter.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LV864
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 February 1944 | LV861 | 35 Sqn RAF | 4 | Raalterweg 49, Diepenveen, Overijssel |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2019 13:13 | TigerTimon | Added |
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