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| Date: | Saturday 17 April 1943 |
| Time: | 00:20 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 420 (Snowy Owl) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HE682 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rue Alphonse Detal, Froidlieu, Luxembourg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George, UK |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Alfred Rahner of the 3./NJG 4, flying a Bf 110 or Do 217 from Florennes airfield.
Target: Mannheim
Call Sign: PT-T
Takeoff time: 21:14
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/wellington-bij-froidlieu
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Dec-2011 16:06 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 16-Apr-2018 14:33 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Oct-2018 20:13 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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