ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 267411
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| Date: | Saturday 4 November 1944 |
| Time: | 19:28 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 346 (Guyenne) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NA546 |
| MSN: | H7-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Dahlhausen, Bochum, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elvington, Yorkshire |
Took off at 17:51 hrs for an operation against Bochum.
The aircraft was shot down by Unteroffizier Werner Wollenhaupt of the 2./NJG 1, who was flying a Heinkel He 219 from Münster-Handorf airfield.
All seven crew members rest in the Dortmund Hauptfriedhof cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part five
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=NA546&qand=1944-11-04&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Google Maps
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/346_wwII.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 March 1945 | NA166 | 346 (Free French) Sqn RAF | 4 | Beerenbroek, Genk, Limburg |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Sep-2021 07:38 | TigerTimon | Added |
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