Halifax NP709 B.Mk.VII - Bombing Oberhausen Germany - 1944-11-01 to 1944-11-02
Squadron: 426 (B) Sqn (RCAF)
Start Date: 1944-11-01
Completion Date: 1944-11-02
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Oberhausen Germany
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Linton-on-Ouse
Take Off Time: 17:14
Squadron Code: OW A
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Haan Germany
Crash Specifics:
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: fighter
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim:
From War Diaries: 288 Aircraft took part in the raid on Oberhausen. 3 Halifaxes and 1 Lancaster lost. Oberhuasen is north of Essen and is a heavy industrial area. The target was overcast and the success was minimal.

6 Bomber Group November 1/2, 1944

202 Halifaxes from 408, 415, 420, 424, 425, 426, 427, 429, 432, 433 and 434 squadrons were joined by 47 Lancasters from 419, 428, and 431 on an attack at Oberhausen. The crews were over the target at between 17,000and 21,000 feet, releasing 1,979,000 lbs of high explosives and 379,000 lbs of incendiaries. The target was cloud covered and the attack was scattered. Richard Koval (6bombergroup.ca)

Halifax aircraft NP709 was shot up by a German night fighter aircraft then crashed and burned near Haan Germany.

Claim by Fw Peter Oberheid 6/NJG2 - Goch - Wesel - Duisburg - Venlo (KN - KO - LO - LN): 4,500m at 20:46. (Crashed in Steinstrabe at Haan Grid Square MP 1-7, bordering on LO) (Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 Part 5 - Theo Boiten)

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