ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 233203
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| Date: | Wednesday 13 August 1941 |
| Time: | 05:25 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L9562 |
| MSN: | MP-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near RAF Middleton St George, County Durham, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George, County Durham |
Takeoff at 21:29 hrs for an operation to Berlin.
On return and over the North Sea, the aircraft was damaged by fighter pilot Unteroffizier Walther Schuck of the 1./Ergänzungsgruppe/JG 3, who was flying a Bf 109E from Bergen airfield in the Netherlands.
On approach to RAF Middleton St George, the aircraft stalled, crashed and caught fire.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=L9562
http://ww2.dk/air/jagd/jg3.htm
http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/york41/z6496b.html
Google Maps
book 'The Handley Page Halifax Mk. I' by Phil H. Listemann
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 June 1942 | R9482 | 76 Sqn RAF | 5 | RAF Middleton St George, County Durham, England | |
w/o |
| 2 September 1942 | W1244 | 76 Sqn RAF | 1 | De Blankaart swamp, Diksmuide, West Flanders |  |
w/o |
| 20 December 1942 | DT511 | 76 Sqn RAF | 8 | near Liedern, Bocholt, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 25 June 1943 | DK166 | 76 Sqn RAF | 3 | Junkersdorf, Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 21 January 1944 | LK630 | 76 Sqn RAF | 1 | north of Hotham, East Riding of Yorkshire, England | |
w/o |
Media:
ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: BOMBER COMMAND © IWM (CH 3388) Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Feb-2020 15:01 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 24-Feb-2020 15:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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