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| Date: | Saturday 17 April 1943 |
| Time: | 02:10 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 427 (Lion) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HE547 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kirf, SSW of Saarburg, Rheinland-Pfalz -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Croft, UK |
Coned by searchlights of the 3./Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung 300 (o) and hit by heavy Flak units.
Target: Mannheim
Call Sign: ZL-D
Takeoff time: 21:15
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/wellington/19002-HE5471943-04-17.html
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2011 02:47 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 18-Apr-2018 13:33 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Oct-2018 19:37 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 05-Jul-2022 02:37 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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