ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 166220
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| Date: | Saturday 28 August 1943 |
| Time: | 01:58 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DK269 |
| MSN: | MP-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mailach, Lonnerstadt, Bayern -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Holme on Spalding Moore |
Takeoff at 20:46 hrs (local time) for an operation against Nürnberg in Bayern.
The aircraft was shot down by Unteroffizier Hans Krepp of the 2./NJG 5 based at Stendal airfield, who was flying a Messerschmitt Bf 110.
The entire crew perished.
Sources:
http://www.navicache.com/cgi-bin/db/displaycache2.pl?CacheID=8203
http://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/halifax/DK2691943-08-28.html
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
Google Maps
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DK269&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 June 1942 | W1064 | 76 Sqn RAF | 2 | Bossut-Gottechain, Grez-Doiceau, Walloon Brabant |  |
w/o |
| 11 March 1943 | DT748 | 158 Sqn RAF | 7 | Marson-sur-Barboure, Meuse, Grand Est |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-May-2014 19:56 | gerard57 | Added |
| 19-Oct-2014 07:30 | giggs | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 22-Jun-2021 18:11 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Jun-2021 18:11 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
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