Incident Vickers Wellington Mk X HE514,
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Date:Monday 26 July 1943
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk X
Owner/operator:432 (Leaside) Sqn RCAF
Registration: HE514
MSN: QO-K
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:in English Channel off Cromer -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Skipton-on-Swale, Yorks
Destination airport:Essen
Narrative:
Flak damaged, ditched off English coast, all crew survived ditching and were rescued.

Sources:

http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HE514
http://www.6bombergroup.ca/July43/July25~2643.html

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
4 July 1943 LN285 432 (Leaside) Sqn RCAF 5 Bois l'Abbé woods, municipality Sains-du-Nord, Nord w/o
27 September 1943 HE817 432 (Leaside) Sqn RCAF 4 Schulenburger Landstraße street, Hannover, Niedersachsen w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
24-Jul-2018 18:38 TigerTimon Added
29-Oct-2019 14:18 Uli Elch Updated [Operator, Location]
24-Nov-2019 18:09 tachel Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]

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