ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 243085
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| Date: | Tuesday 15 October 1940 |
| Time: | 03:02 LT |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 44 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X2910 |
| MSN: | KM-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Röwitz, Klötze, Sachsen-Anhalt -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Operation - Berlin.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and shot down by the night fighter crew of Leutnant Hans-Georg Mangelsdorf & Unteroffizier Hubert Winter of the 2./NJG 1, who were flying Bf 110 C-7 G9+FK from Gardelegen airfield.
Three did not survive, they rest in the Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=X2910
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 October 1941 | AD975 | 44 Sqn RAF | 4 | Neerstraat, Waasmunster, East Flanders |  |
w/o |
| 8 November 1941 | AE377 | 44 Sqn RAF | 4 | Missing off Dunkirk, Pas de Calais |  |
mis |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Sep-2020 17:52 | TigerTimon | Added |
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