ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239882
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| Date: | Tuesday 7 September 1943 |
| Time: | 00:45 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JD454 |
| MSN: | EY-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | München-Solln, Bayern -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Breighton, East Riding of Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 19:02 hrs local time for an operation against München.
Over the target, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Günther Stege of the 8./NJG 3, who was flying a Messerschmitt Bf 110G from Lüneburg airfield in Niedersachsen.
Those who did not survive rest in the Durnbach War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JD454
Google Maps
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Nachtjagdgeschwader/NJG3.htm
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 June 1944 | MZ568 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | Rue de Gournay, Corbeil-Essonnes, Essonne 91 |  |
w/o |
| 4 November 1944 | LK838 | 78 Sqn RAF | 6 | Siersdorf (Aldenhoven) - Setterich (Baesweiler), Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Aug-2020 17:52 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 12-Aug-2020 17:53 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
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