ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140802
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| Date: | Saturday 9 October 1943 |
| Time: | 01:42 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 432 (Leaside) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | LN451 |
| MSN: | QO-W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | in front of the church of Holtensen, Wennigsen, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Skipton-on-Swale, UK |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of the 12./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden airfield, the Netherlands. Coned by searchlights.
All crew buried in Hannover.
Takeoff time: 22:54
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LN451
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LN451
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft LA100 - LZ999, published 1991
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2074507
http://lakefieldwarvets.ca/hurl-carl/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 July 1943 | HZ481 | 432 (Leaside) Sqn RCAF | 5 | near the Passtraat, Zoutleeuw, Flemish Brabant |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Dec-2011 14:03 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 11-Feb-2018 20:40 | tachel | Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Oct-2018 17:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 11-Oct-2018 19:28 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
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