ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236620
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| Date: | Thursday 17 September 1942 |
| Time: | 00:37 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | W7770 |
| MSN: | LQ-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Maubeuge landing ground in the département du Nord -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Topcliffe, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 20:05 hrs local time for an operation against the Krupp works at Essen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Hubert Rauh of the 5./NJG 4, who was flying a Bf 110 from Saint-Dizier airfield.
Those who did not survive rest in the Maubeuge-Centre cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=3806
http://ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20France.pdf
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 31 May 1942 | W7707 | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF | 7 | Niederaußem, Bergheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 3 August 1943 | HR849 | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF | 7 | between Wummensiede (Bremen) - St Jürgen (Lilienthal, Niedersachsen) | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2020 17:27 | TigerTimon | Added |
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