ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 265090
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| Date: | Tuesday 28 September 1943 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LK891 |
| MSN: | MP-X |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | - missing - - |
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 19:09 hrs (local time) for an operation against Hannover in Germany; failed to return.
All eight are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LK891&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 December 1941 | L9615 | 76 Sqn RAF | 7 | off French Coast |  |
w/o |
| 13 April 1942 | R9487 | 76 Sqn RAF | 6 | Gelsenkirchen-Buer, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 30 July 1943 | ED244 | 76 Sqn RAF | 2 | near Oberndorf, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 1 March 1944 | LW636 | 76 Sqn RAF | 7 | 1.5 mile north-west of RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jul-2021 08:39 | TigerTimon | Added |
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