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| Date: | Wednesday 23 June 1943 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 431 (Iroquois) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HE394 |
| MSN: | SE-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Mönchengladbach, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Burn, UK |
Takeoff at 23:19 LT for an operation against Mülheim an der Ruhr and crashed under unknown circumstances.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Douglas Alfred Hine RAFVR 118483 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Harold Denis Quilter RAF 48947 (NCO:520600 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 25 August, 1942) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Robert Edward Mercer RAFVR 148054 (NCO:956324 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 17 August, 1943) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Edgar Batty RAFVR 1111947 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Arthur Edwin Wilkes RAFVR 1575740 [Killed]
All lie at the Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany (51.529254 / 6.564161)
Sources:
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
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http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HE394
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2011 09:44 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 13-Apr-2019 08:12 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Apr-2019 10:41 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 24-Feb-2020 18:32 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 08-May-2024 11:42 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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