Accident Vickers Wellington Mk X HE295,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51925
 
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Date:Thursday 13 May 1943
Time:02:02
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk X
Owner/operator:300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF
Registration: HE295
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:IJsselmeer 30 km NW of Harderwijk, Gelderland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Hemswell, UK
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Georg Kraft of the 12./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Bergen airfield.

Target: Duisburg
Call Sign: BH-P
Takeoff time: 00:29
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. S. Werner P782668 PAF Northolt Memorial
Navigator F/O. R. Tabaczynski P0368 PAF Northolt Memorial
Bomb aimer Sgt. H. Szymanowicz P794517 PAF Northolt Memorial
Wo ag Sgt. H.W. Lercel P794322 PAF Northolt Memorial
Air gunner P/O. M. Galas P784413 PAF Northolt Memorial

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2299&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One

- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
30-Dec-2011 07:42 Uli Elch Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
09-May-2018 19:53 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
12-Oct-2018 12:11 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
05-Feb-2020 20:19 stehlik49 Updated [Operator, Operator]
20-Jun-2022 10:05 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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