ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 244655
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| Date: | Sunday 6 December 1942 |
| Time: | 19:29 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BB242 |
| MSN: | MP-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Courouvre, Meuse département -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 17:30 hrs for a bombing operation against Mannheim in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Günther Friedrich of the Stab II./NJG 4, who was flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Saint-Dizier airfield.
The two who were killed rest in the local cemetery of Courouvre.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=829
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 September 1943 | EB240 | 76 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Ford, Sussex, England |  |
w/o |
| 25 May 1944 | MZ623 | 76 Sqn RAF | 0 | 10 km. E of Turnhout, |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2020 20:21 | TigerTimon | Added |
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