ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239833
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| Date: | Tuesday 7 September 1943 |
| Time: | 00:30 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 77 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JD405 |
| MSN: | KN-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kaufering, Bayern -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elvington, Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 19:31 hrs local time for an operation to München in Bayern.
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.
All seven crew members rest in the Durnbach War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JD405
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 May 1943 | DT632 | 77 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Gaxel, near Vreden, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 11 August 1943 | JD167 | 77 Sqn RAF | 7 | Rue de Boussu, Dour, Hainaut |  |
w/o |
| 15 March 1944 | LL229 | 77 Sqn RAF | 6 | near Mézerolles, Somme (80) |  |
w/o |
| 17 June 1944 | MZ715 | 77 Sqn RAF | 6 | Bonegraafseweg road, Ochten, Gelderland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Aug-2020 18:43 | TigerTimon | Added |
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