ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140866
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| Date: | Tuesday 22 June 1943 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 431 (Iroquois) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HF518 |
| MSN: | SE-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea, off Dutch coast -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Burn, UK |
Shot down by a night fighter, there are two possibilities:
- shot down at 02:33 by night fighter pilot Leutnant Wilhelm Johnen of the 5./NJG 5 (detached to 2./NJG 1), flying a Bf 110 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
- shot down at 02:35 by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Rudolf Sigmund of the 10./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Bergen or Leeuwarden airfield.
Takeoff time: 23:33
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HF518
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HF518
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2011 12:34 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 08-Jan-2012 09:06 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location, Departure airport] |
| 21-Jun-2018 17:41 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2018 16:12 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 12-Jan-2019 11:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 23-Jun-2022 07:19 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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