ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140891
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| Date: | Friday 25 June 1943 |
| Time: | 02:58 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HZ521 |
| MSN: | AL- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hamme-Mille, Braibant walon -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Moor, UK |
Takeoff at 23:06 for an operation to Wuppertal, Germany.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of the Stab II./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield.
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HZ521
Sources:
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HZ521
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/wellington-te-hamme-mille
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 March 1943 | BK540 | 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF | 5 | North Sea |  |
mis |
| 22 June 1943 | HZ520 | 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF | 2 | Borkelsedijk, Bergeijk, Noord-Brabant |  |
w/o |
| 22 June 1943 | HZ519 | 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF | 5 | into 'Het Keeten' near Stavenisse, Zeeland | |
w/o |
| 22 June 1943 | HZ517 | 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF | 5 | Poelakkerweg, Buggenum, Limburg | |
w/o |
| 22 June 1943 | HE981 | 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF | 5 | Langeweg, Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 23 June 1943 | HF457 | 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF | 3 | Houthalen-Helchteren, Limburg | |
w/o |
| 26 July 1943 | HE803 | 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF | 1 | west of Culemborg train station, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 28 July 1943 | JA114 | 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF | 3 | near Todenbüttel, Schleswig-Holstein |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2011 14:38 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 08-Jan-2012 09:07 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location, Departure airport] |
| 24-Dec-2018 12:43 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Dec-2018 12:44 | TigerTimon | Updated [Damage] |
| 25-Dec-2018 21:02 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
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