ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 267422
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| Date: | Monday 6 November 1944 |
| Time: | 19:24 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17 Fortress Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HB788 |
| MSN: | BU-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Altenberge, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oulton, Norfolk |
Took off at 16:25 hrs for a Bomber Support operation (radar counter-measures) for the benefit of raids against the Mittellandkanal at Gravenhorst, against Koblenz and Gelsenkirchen.
The aircraft was shot down by the crew of Hauptmann Modrow & Feldwebel Schneider of the 1./NJG 1, who had taken off from Münster-Handorf at 19:07 hrs in Heinkel He 219 A-2 G9+HH.
All ten crew members rest in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part five
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HB788&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Google Maps
'He 219' by R. Francis Ferguson (2020)
RAAFA Aviation Museum HB788 Record
https://aviationmuseumwa.org.au/afcraaf-roll/bright-keith-mortimer-426496/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Sep-2021 11:26 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 06-Nov-2022 14:50 | Anon. | Updated [Source] |
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