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Date: | Monday 6 September 1943 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 77 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | JB970 |
MSN: | KN-U |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Appenthal, Elmstein, Rheinland-Pfalz -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Elvington, Yorkshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 19:51 hrs local time for an operation against Mannheim and Ludwigshafen.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by a Bf 110 G-4 night fighter.
The attacker belonged either to 3./NJG 6 (Oblt. Hadeball) or 4./NJG 1 (Lt. Henseler).
Those who did not survive rest in the Rheinberg War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB970 Google Maps
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Aug-2020 08:30 |
TigerTimon |
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