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Date: | Sunday 4 July 1943 |
Time: | 01:06 LT |
Type: | Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF |
Registration: | JD159 |
MSN: | VR-Y |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Muizen, Mechelen, Antwerp -
Belgium
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 22:30 for an operation to Köln, Germany.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Rudolf Frank of the 2./NJG 3 (detached to 2./NJG 1), flying Bf 110 G-4 D5+BH from Gilze-Rijen airfield, the Netherlands.
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JD159
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JD159 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
15-Jan-2019 13:19 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
19-Jan-2019 12:38 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator] |
26-Dec-2020 18:35 |
Dr.Roup |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
26-Jun-2022 03:02 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |