ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 267417
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| Date: | Saturday 4 November 1944 |
| Time: | 20:04 claim |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk VII |
| Owner/operator: | 426 (Thunderbird) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | NP800 |
| MSN: | OW-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Zülpich, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire |
Took off at 17:28 hrs for an operation against Bochum.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by Leutnant Jürgen Prietze of the 3./NJG 1, who was flying a Heinkel He 219 from Münster-Handorf airfield.
Two of the crew rest in Hotton War Cemetery. Sergeant R.F. Newberry succumbed to his injuries on the 9th of November and rests in the Rheinberg War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part five
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=NP800&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
https://canadianfallen.ca/105183/NEWBERRY
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Sep-2021 08:51 | TigerTimon | Added |
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