ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 243641
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| Date: | Tuesday 13 June 1944 |
| Time: | 00:30 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 426 (Thunderbird) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | NA510 |
| MSN: | OW-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | twixt Cagnicourt and Villers-lès-Cagnicourt; Pas-de-Calais département -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 21:45 hrs for a bombing operation against railway facilities at Cambrai.
Having just commenced its bombing run, the aircraft was attacked three times between 00.23 and 00.30 hrs by Leutnant Hans Schäfer of the 7./NJG 2, who had taken off from Volkel airfield in the Netherlands before midnight, in a Junkers Ju 88.
With its port wing engulfed in flames it crashed near Cagnicourt. Pilot (22 years old) and Flight Engineer (24 years old) did not survive.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=1031
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 May 1944 | LK883 | 426 (Thunderbird) Sqn RCAF | 4 | Middelweg, Londerzeel, Flemish Brabant |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Oct-2020 18:59 | TigerTimon | Added |
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