Accident Vickers Wellington Mk X HE294,
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Date:Friday 28 May 1943
Time:02:12
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: HE294
MSN: QO-P
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Aircraft missing
Location:North Sea 35 km W of Texel, Noord-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Skipton-on-Swale, UK
Destination airport:Essen
Narrative:
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Heinz Grimm of the Stab IV./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden airfield.

Target: Essen
Call Sign: QO-P
Takeoff time: 22:52
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HE294

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HE294
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
30-Dec-2011 10:04 Uli Elch Added
08-Jan-2012 09:00 Uli Elch Updated [Location, Departure airport]
29-May-2018 17:58 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Country, Source, Narrative]
11-Oct-2018 19:25 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
12-Jan-2019 10:41 TigerTimon Updated [Narrative]
26-Jan-2020 14:55 tachel Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Destination airport]
15-Jun-2022 05:33 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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