ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 265200
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| Date: | Monday 27 September 1943 |
| Time: | 23:31 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 434 (Bluenose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | LK919 |
| MSN: | IP-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Stemmen, Hespe, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 19:32 hrs (local time) for an operation against Hannover.
Homeward-bound, shot down by the crew of Oberleutnant Schnaufer and the Unteroffizieren Handke & Gänzler of the 12./NJG 1, who had taken off from Quakenbrück in Bf 110 G-4 G9+DZ.
Note: coned by searchlights.
An eye witness, Helmut Schröder, remembered that the dead were loaded onto a Wehrmacht truck and taken away.
All seven rest in the Hannover War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LK919&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
http://www.hiergeblieben.de/pages/textanzeige.php?limit=50&order=titel&richtung=ASC&z=94&id=20083
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 November 1943 | EB257 | 434 (Bluenose) Sqn RCAF | 4 | Fortuna-Nord-Straße, Niederaußem, Bergheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jul-2021 19:34 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 06-Jul-2021 19:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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