Accident Vickers Wellington Mk III BK511,
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Date:Wednesday 3 February 1943
Time:22:19
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk III
Owner/operator:300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF
Registration: BK511
MSN: BH-X
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Aircraft missing
Location:North Sea 5 km W of Vlieland, Friesland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Lothar Linke of the Stab IV./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 from Leeuwarden airfield.

Takeoff time: 18:13
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BK511

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BK511

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
15 October 1942 Z1475 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF 5 Hazeldonk, Langeweg, Noord-Brabant w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
28-Aug-2018 15:18 TigerTimon Added
12-Oct-2018 12:05 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]
05-Feb-2020 15:12 stehlik49 Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]
15-Jun-2022 04:45 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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