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Date: | Tuesday 8 September 1942 |
Time: | 23:30 LT |
Type: | Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | W7782 |
MSN: | EY-C |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Sclayn, Andenne, Namur -
Belgium
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George, County Durham |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 19:35 hrs local time for an operation to Frankfurt am Main in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Ludwig Bietmann & Unteroffizier Wolfgang Reinicke of the 5./NJG 1, who were flying a Bf 110 F-4 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield.
Those who did not survive rest in the Heverlee War Cemetery. Of the four survivors, two were taken prisoner of war. The other two managed to evade capture.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/halifax-bij-sclayn http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W7782 Google Maps
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
25-May-2020 19:28 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
25-May-2020 19:28 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Source] |
26-Jun-2022 03:25 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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