ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239763
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| Date: | Monday 6 September 1943 |
| Time: | 00:59 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JD475 |
| MSN: | EY-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lindenberg, Rheinland-Pfalz -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Breighton, East Riding of Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 19:46 hrs local time for an operation against Mannheim and Ludwigshafen.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinz-Martin Hadeball of the 3./NJG 6, who had taken off from Mainz-Finthen airfield at around 23:50-55 hrs, in a Bf 110 G-4.
Those who did not survive rest in the Rheinberg War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JD475
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Aug-2020 09:21 | TigerTimon | Added |
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