ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 192809
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Date: | Sunday 15 August 1943 |
Time: | 01:15 LT |
Type: | Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 138 (Special Duties) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | JD180 |
MSN: | NF-O |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Pont de Tasset, Annecy, Haute-Savoie 74 -
France
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Tempsford, UK (takeoff at 21:40 hrs) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Crashed during a mission to aid the French resistance. Six crew members died, as well as five persons on the ground. The plane crashed into several houses.
Sources:
http://www.lessorsavoyard.fr/Actualite/Annecy/2012/08/11/article_15_aout_1943_un_bombardier_anglais_s_ecr.shtml https://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=521 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
13-Jan-2017 12:44 |
gerard57 |
Added |
28-Oct-2018 17:39 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
22-Jun-2021 17:55 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source] |
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