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Date: | Monday 6 September 1943 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | JB872 |
MSN: | EY-Q |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 8 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand, Marne, Grand Est -
France
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Breighton |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Hit by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Lenz Finster of the 2./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield, the Netherlands. The aircraft went into a spin and crashed.
Takeoff time: 19:33
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB872
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB872 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
04-Sep-2018 16:59 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
07-Nov-2018 19:58 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |