ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 265195
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| Date: | Monday 27 September 1943 |
| Time: | 23:30 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 428 (Ghost) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | LK915 |
| MSN: | NA-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hülshagen, Lauenhagen, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George, County Durham |
Takeoff at 19:15 hrs (local time) for an operation against Hannover.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was picked up by searchlights and shot down by Oberleutnant Martin Drewes of the 11./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden airfield in the Netherlands.
Four of the crew rest in the Hannover War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/whalley-michael.html
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jul-2021 18:57 | TigerTimon | Added |
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