Accident Handley Page Halifax Mk II JD369, Wednesday 11 August 1943
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Date:Wednesday 11 August 1943
Time:night
Type:Silhouette image of generic hlfx model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Handley Page Halifax Mk II
Owner/operator:102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF
Registration: JD369
MSN: DY-A
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 8
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Alsenborn, Rheinland-Pfalz -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Pocklington
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Hans-Georg Birkenstock of the Stab I./NJG 6, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Mainz-Finthen airfield. The airplane was scheduled for a bombing raid on Nürnberg. Two crew members became POW. Six died in the crash.

Takeoff time: 21:25
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JD369

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JD369
https://www.rheinpfalz.de/lokal/gruenstadt_artikel,-brennendes-flugzeug-am-nachthimmel-_arid,5152173.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
08-Aug-2018 16:50 TigerTimon Added
15-Oct-2018 14:39 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]
16-Oct-2018 18:38 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
04-Jan-2021 07:24 gerard57 Updated [Source, Narrative]

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