ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 233200
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| Date: | Wednesday 13 August 1941 |
| Time: | 03:16 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L9531 |
| MSN: | MP-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Wittstedt, Bramstedt, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George, County Durham |
Takeoff at 21:34 LT for an operation to Berlin.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and shot down by the night fighter crew of Leutnant Autenrieth & Gefreiter Adam of the 6./NJG 1 (based at Stade airfield), who were flying Bf 110 D-3 G9+FN.
All seven bailed out but five fell into a swamp and drowned...
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=L9531
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 December 1942 | DT570 | 76 Sqn RAF | 8 | near Weeze, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 29 June 1943 | DK137 | 76 Sqn RAF | 7 | Vottem, Herstal, Liège |  |
w/o |
| 7 September 1943 | EB250 | 76 Sqn RAF | 6 | Oberhaching, Bayern | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Feb-2020 14:00 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 24-Feb-2020 14:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 24-Feb-2020 14:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 24-Feb-2020 14:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
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