Accident Handley Page Halifax Mk II JD368,
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Date:Saturday 28 August 1943
Time:03:36 claim
Type:Silhouette image of generic hlfx model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Handley Page Halifax Mk II
Owner/operator:10 Sqn RAF
Registration: JD368
MSN: ZA-A
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Haulchin, Hainaut -   Belgium
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Melbourne, Yorkshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 20:49 hrs (local time) for an operation against Nürnberg in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by Hauptmann Fritz Söthe of the 3./NJG 4, who had taken off from Florennes airfield.
Seven crew members safely bailed out, F/Sgt. George R.M. Warren died in the crash.
He is buried at Gosselies Communal Cemetery, Belgium.

Sources:

http://rememberjd371.be/jd368warren.htm
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JD368&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Google Maps
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
20 July 1942 W1106 10 Sqn RAF 7 North Sea off Borkum island in Niedersachsen mis
21 July 1944 LV912 10 Sqn RAF 7 1.5 km west of Schöppingen, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
28-Nov-2016 12:05 gerard57 Added
23-Apr-2018 20:02 TigerTimon Updated [Aircraft type]
12-Nov-2018 09:35 Nepa Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]
22-Jun-2021 18:23 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]

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