ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 264524
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| Date: | Wednesday 22 September 1943 |
| Time: | 23:06 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 77 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB850 |
| MSN: | KN-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Schafkoven, Delmenhorst, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elvington, Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 18:50 hrs (local time) for an operation against Hannover.
The aircraft was coned by a searchlight and hit by heavy (schwere) Flak; crashed.
All seven crew members rest in the Becklingen War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB850&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Google Maps
the crash site and parts of the plane were found by the historian Volker Urbansky v.urbansky@t-online.de
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 September 1943 | DT793 | 77 Sqn RAF | 7 | Bayern | |
w/o |
| 18 November 1943 | JD247 | 77 Sqn RAF | 2 | near Moÿ-de-l'Aisne, Aisne, Hauts-de-France |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Jun-2021 15:32 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 23-Mar-2024 18:56 | Anon. | Updated [Source] |
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