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| Date: | Friday 28 May 1943 |
| Time: | 01:30 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 199 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HE634 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Plantlünne airfield, north of Rheine, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ingham, UK |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Karl-Heinz Völlkopf of the 9./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente airfield, the Netherlands.
Target: Essen
Call Sign: EX-S
Takeoff time: 23:00
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant John Roland Smith Waller RAFVR 1333615 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Frederick Reginald Pym RAFVR 657375 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Harold Coupe RAFVR 1077010 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Davis William Glover RAFVR 1061009 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Richard Taylor Anthony Hudson RAFVR 1473515 [Killed]
All lie at the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany (51.740880 / 6.082017)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HE634
ir Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Dec-2011 15:45 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 29-May-2018 17:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Nov-2018 09:30 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 20-May-2024 07:08 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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