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Date: | Saturday 29 January 1944 |
Time: | 04:45 LT |
Type: | Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 158 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | HX333 |
MSN: | NP-J |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Zandeweer, Groningen prv -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Lissett, East Riding of Yorkshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 00:43 hrs for an operation to Berlin.
The plane performed a successful emergency landing. The entire crew was taken prisoner.
The aircraft was homeward-bound and was heavily damaged by German Flak over the target.
Sources:
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
26 July 1942 |
W1211 |
158 Sqn RAF |
1 |
Stichting at Oploo, Noord-Brabant |
|
w/o |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
24-Nov-2014 16:39 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
11-Feb-2015 13:48 |
Froome |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
16-Dec-2019 12:26 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
12-Jun-2022 21:40 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
14-Jun-2022 11:01 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |