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| Date: | Monday 22 November 1943 |
| Time: | 20:17 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 51 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HR726 |
| MSN: | MH-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | forest at Berlin-Grunewald -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snaith, East Yorkshire |
Shot down over Berlin, Germany, during a bombing raid. Hit by heavy Flak of the 1., 3. & 4./schwere Flak-Abteilung 126.
The entire crew perished in the crash.
Takeoff time: 16:56
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HR726
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HR726
http://www.626-squadron.co.uk/willem26.htm
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/archive/index.php?t-9647.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Sep-2016 15:26 | gerard57 | Added |
| 06-Nov-2018 18:30 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
| 20-Nov-2018 11:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
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