ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 248522
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| Date: | Thursday 17 August 1944 |
| Time: | 00:28-38 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NA504 |
| MSN: | DY-Y |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | sea off Schleswig-Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 21:50 hrs for a bombing operation against Kiel in Schleswig-Holstein.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by a night fighter. The attacker was either Oberleutnant Fritz Lau of the 4./NJG 1 (flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Deelen airfield in the Netherlands) or Oberleutnant Herbert Koch of the 1./NJG 3 (flying Ju 88 G-1 D5+EH from Schleswig airfield).
All seven crew members are missing in action and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. For their names, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=NA504&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 May 1944 | MZ649 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 2 | Tubize, Walloon Brabant |  |
w/o |
| 5 January 1945 | NA602 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 7 | 1 km northeast of Frielingen, Garbsen, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Mar-2021 10:03 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 05-Mar-2021 10:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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