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Date: | Wednesday 13 August 1941 |
Time: | 05:25 LT |
Type: | Handley Page Halifax Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 76 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | L9562 |
MSN: | MP-D |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near RAF Middleton St George, County Durham, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George, County Durham |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 21:29 hrs for an operation to Berlin.
On return and over the North Sea, the aircraft was damaged by fighter pilot Unteroffizier Walther Schuck of the 1./Ergänzungsgruppe/JG 3, who was flying a Bf 109E from Bergen airfield in the Netherlands.
On approach to RAF Middleton St George, the aircraft stalled, crashed and caught fire.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=L9562 http://ww2.dk/air/jagd/jg3.htm http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/york41/z6496b.html Google Maps
book 'The Handley Page Halifax Mk. I' by Phil H. Listemann
Media:
ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: BOMBER COMMAND © IWM (CH 3388) Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Feb-2020 15:01 |
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24-Feb-2020 15:02 |
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Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative] |