ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239750
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| Date: | Monday 6 September 1943 |
| Time: | 00:29 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DK223 |
| MSN: | MP-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | northeast of Saarbrücken, Saarland -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 19:28 hrs local time for an operation against Mannheim and Ludwigshafen.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Heinrich Wohlers of the Stab I./NJG 6, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Mainz-Finthen airfield in Rheinland-Pfalz.
Those who did not survive rest in the Choloy War Cemetery, France.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DK223
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 June 1942 | W7665 | 76 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Middleton St George, County Durham, England |  |
w/o |
| 21 January 1944 | LK912 | 76 Sqn RAF | 7 | 1.5 km northwest of Hordorf, Oschersleben, Sachsen-Anhalt | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Aug-2020 07:56 | TigerTimon | Added |
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