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Date: | Saturday 26 February 1944 |
Time: | 01:30 LT |
Type: | Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 432 (Leaside) Sqn RCAF |
Registration: | LW597 |
MSN: | QO-C |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Frankenhofen, Ehingen, Baden-Württemberg -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF East Moor, North Yorkshire |
Destination airport: | Augsburg in Bayern |
Narrative:The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Alfred Rauer of the 3./NJG 1, who was flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+LL from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
http://www.angelfire.com/ca/gcarruth/Ops.html http://www.6bombergroup.ca/Feb44/Feb25~2644.html Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LW597 Google Maps
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
18-Nov-2019 08:28 |
tachel |
Added |
06-Jan-2020 18:19 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
06-Jan-2020 18:19 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Destination airport] |
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