ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 173466
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| Date: | Thursday 2 December 1943 |
| Time: | 22:04 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HR876 |
| MSN: | TL-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Benninghoven, Mettmann, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Graveley, UK |
| Berlin |
Hit by 2 & 5/schw Flak Abt 389 and 5 & 6/schw Flak Abt 137/Impacted at Gut Benninghoven Mettmann at 22:04.
Takeoff time: 17:08
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HR876
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HR876
http://www.lokal-anzeiger-erkrath.de/kreis/geheime-orte-des-todes-aid-1.4460776
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 April 1942 | W1048 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 0 | ice-covered Hoklingen lake at Levanger, Trøndelag county |  |
w/o |
| 29 April 1942 | W1048 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 0 | Lake Hoklingen about seven miles inland from Fættenfjord | |
w/o |
| 20 May 1942 | W1101 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 6 | 200 metres north of Heuchelheim bei Frankenthal, Rheinland-Pfalz | |
w/o |
| 17 June 1942 | W1117 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 6 | Wintelre, Noord-Brabant |  |
w/o |
| 29 June 1943 | HR850 | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 1 | just south of Ülpenich, Zülpich, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Jan-2015 13:36 | gerard57 | Added |
| 11-Feb-2015 13:46 | King T. | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport] |
| 27-Oct-2018 16:19 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 30-Nov-2018 14:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Apr-2023 06:59 | Anon. | Updated [[Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]] |
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