ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 169478
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| Date: | Tuesday 28 September 1943 |
| Time: | 00:01 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JD272 |
| MSN: | ZA-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wippingen, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Melbourne, Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 19:17 hrs (local time) for an operation against Hannover.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by Hauptmann August Geiger of the 7./NJG 1 based at Fliegerhorst Twente in the Netherlands, flying a Bf 110 G-4.
The crew of seven rests in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Sources:
http://www.hallowippingen.de/_news/2003/10/bomber/index.html
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JD272&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 March 1942 | W1043 | 10 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Sor Flulan at Fættenfjord north of Trondheim |  |
w/o |
| 29 June 1943 | HR697 | 10 Sqn RAF | 7 | Bilserbaan road, Maastricht, Limburg |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Sep-2014 18:14 | gerard57 | Added |
| 19-Oct-2014 07:33 | King | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 22-Jun-2021 18:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Jun-2021 19:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 22-Jun-2021 19:12 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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