Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II crash, Jan 20, 1944 (7 killed)
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II accident on January 20, 1944 near Liebenberg Brandenburg, Germany with 7 fatalities. Cause: The aircraft was shot down...
- Date: January 20, 1944
- Aircraft: Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
- Location: Liebenberg Brandenburg, Germany
- Fatalities: 7
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The aircraft was shot down by a German night fighter over Brandenburg.
A No. 10 Squadron RAF Halifax II departed RAF Melbourne on a bombing mission to Berlin on 20 January 1944. It crashed in a forest near Grüneberg in Brandenburg, and all seven crew were killed.