Accident Handley Page Halifax Mk II JD410,
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Date:Monday 6 September 1943
Time:night
Type:Silhouette image of generic hlfx model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Handley Page Halifax Mk II
Owner/operator:419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF
Registration: JD410
MSN: VR-V
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:between Erfenstein and Esthal; Rheinland-Pfalz -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Middleton St George, County Durham
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 19:41 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. It was seen to break up in the air and crashed in two pieces between Erfenstein and Esthal.
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=JD410
Google Maps

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
10-Aug-2020 08:34 TigerTimon Added
10-Aug-2020 08:35 TigerTimon Updated [Narrative]

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