ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 265201
This information is added by users of ASN. Neither ASN nor the Flight Safety Foundation are responsible for the completeness or correctness of this information.
If you feel this information is incomplete or incorrect, you can
submit corrected information.
Date: | Monday 27 September 1943 |
Time: | 23:35 LT |
Type: | Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | HX159 |
MSN: | ZA-L |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Bierde, Petershagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Melbourne, Yorkshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 19:21 hrs (local time) for an operation against Hannover in Niedersachsen.
Homeward-bound, shot down by Oberleutnant Heinz-Martin Hadeball of the 3./NJG 6 based at Mainz-Finthen airfield (Rheinland-Pfalz), who was flying a Bf 110 G-4.
Those who perished rest in the Hannover War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HX159&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact Google Maps
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Nachtjagdgeschwader/NJG6.htm
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
06-Jul-2021 19:40 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
06-Jul-2021 19:41 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Narrative] |
The Aviation Safety Network is an exclusive service provided by:
CONNECT WITH US:
©2024 Flight Safety Foundation