ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239838
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| Date: | Tuesday 7 September 1943 |
| Time: | 00:37 claim |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EB250 |
| MSN: | MP-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Oberhaching, Bayern -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 19:19 hrs local time for an operation against München.
The aircraft was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Schultze of the 5./NJG 101, who had taken off from Lechfeld airfield.
Those who did not survive rest in the Durnbach War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/little-eoin.html
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 August 1941 | L9531 | 76 Sqn RAF | 5 | near Wittstedt, Bramstedt, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 20 December 1942 | DT570 | 76 Sqn RAF | 8 | near Weeze, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 29 June 1943 | DK137 | 76 Sqn RAF | 7 | Vottem, Herstal, Liège |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Aug-2020 19:09 | TigerTimon | Added |
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