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| Date: | Thursday 8 April 1943 |
| Time: | 23:15 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 420 (Snowy Owl) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MS479 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Essen-Borbeck, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George |
Hit by Flak.
Target: Duisburg
Call Sign: PT-F
Takeoff time: 21:15
Crew:
pilot F/O WA Walkinshaw
nav P/O KW MacDonald
ba W/O DF Evans
wop W/O F Bemi
ag W/O DG Rispin
All are now interred Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/wellington/19269-MS4791943-04-09.html
http://www.aquatax.ca/Wellingtons.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Apr-2018 07:51 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 07-Apr-2018 07:56 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, ] |
| 09-Oct-2018 20:14 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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