ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239756
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| Date: | Monday 6 September 1943 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 77 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB970 |
| MSN: | KN-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Appenthal, Elmstein, Rheinland-Pfalz -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elvington, Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 19:51 hrs local time for an operation against Mannheim and Ludwigshafen.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by a Bf 110 G-4 night fighter.
The attacker belonged either to 3./NJG 6 (Oblt. Hadeball) or 4./NJG 1 (Lt. Henseler).
Those who did not survive rest in the Rheinberg War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB970
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History of this aircraft
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| 23 June 1943 | DT700 | 77 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea west of Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland |  |
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| 26 July 1943 | JB838 | 77 Sqn RAF | 7 | 2 km E of Zierikzee, Zeeland | |
w/o |
| 28 September 1943 | LW228 | 77 Sqn RAF | 7 | - missing - |  |
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| 22 November 1943 | LW290 | 77 Sqn RAF | 6 | Kloster Zinna (Zinna Abbey), Jüterbog, Brandenburg | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Aug-2020 08:30 | TigerTimon | Added |
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