ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52546
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| Date: | Monday 14 September 1942 |
| Time: | 04:30 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 158 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BB205 |
| MSN: | NP-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ter Idzard, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Moor |
Takeoff at 23:54 hrs local time for an operation to Bremen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was abandoned by the crew due to overheating engines (damaged by Flak over the target).
All seven were taken prisoner of war. One of them initially managed to evade capture.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1832&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
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Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 July 1942 | W1164 | 158 Sqn RAF | 4 | North Sea |  |
w/o |
| 14 July 1943 | HR720 | 158 Sqn RAF | 1 | Vorstenbosch, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 3 October 1943 | LW296 | 158 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea off Texel, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
| 31 March 1944 | HX322 | 158 Sqn RAF | 6 | Caumont, Pas-de-Calais département |  |
w/o |
| 5 January 1945 | NR251 | 158 Sqn RAF | 1 | Haarle, Hellendoorn, Overijssel | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 13-Sep-2017 14:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2018 19:58 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 27-May-2020 13:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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