ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 264560
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| Date: | Thursday 23 September 1943 |
| Time: | 01:40 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HR924 |
| MSN: | ZA-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | abandoned near Patrington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Melbourne, Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 18:50 hrs for an operation against Hannover in Germany.
Over the target and at 22:37 hrs (local time), the aircraft was shot up by Feldwebel Hermann Wischnewski of the 3./JG 300 (flying a Bf 109 G-6 from Bonn-Hangelar airfield).
Severely damaged, it was safely abandoned by the crew. Pilotless, it crashed into the sea.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HR924&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
http://ww2.dk/air/jagd/jg300.htm
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 July 1942 | W1056 | 10 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea off Bergen, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 27 April 1944 | HX326 | 10 Sqn RAF | 5 | Limburg |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Jun-2021 15:20 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 25-Jun-2021 18:49 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
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