ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 243762
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| Date: | Saturday 17 June 1944 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 77 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MZ705 |
| MSN: | KN-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Full Sutton, East Riding of Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 23:20 hrs for a bombing operation against the synthetic oil plant at Sterkrade/Holten in Germany.
Homeward-bound, was attacked by a Ju 88 (probably in the hands of Fw. Fütscher of the Luftbeobachtungsstaffel 2 based at Stade airfield (Germany)) shortly after passing Utrecht (the Netherlands) and later ditched off Lowestoft.
All crew members were unscathed and climbed aboard their dinghy. They were later rescued by a Motor Torpedo Boat from Lowestoft.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=MZ705
Google Maps
http://ww2.dk/air/njagd/luftb2.htm
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 April 1943 | JB804 | 77 Sqn RAF | 7 | Pasewalk, Pommern |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Oct-2020 12:10 | TigerTimon | Added |
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