ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 243759
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| Date: | Saturday 17 June 1944 |
| Time: | 01:20 claim |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 77 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MZ711 |
| MSN: | KN-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | target area - Sterkrade/Holten, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Full Sutton, East Riding of Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 23:25 hrs for a bombing operation against the synthetic oil plant at Sterkrade/Holten in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
On approach to the target, the aircraft was shot up by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Hager, Feldwebel von Bergen (Bordfunker) & Feldwebel Körschgen (Bordschütze), who had taken off from Deelen airfield (the Netherlands) at around 01:00 hrs, in Heinkel He 219 A-0 G9+LP.
Subsequently, the Halifax was abandoned by the crew. 32-year-old Pilot Officer T.F. Cusson did not survive and rests in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. The other six were taken prisoner of war.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=MZ711
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 September 1943 | LW224 | 77 Sqn RAF | 7 | Waddenzee SE of Den Helder, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Oct-2020 11:22 | TigerTimon | Added |
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