Accident Vickers Wellington Mk X HE727,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51946
 
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Date:Wednesday 5 May 1943
Time:02:18
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk X
Owner/operator:428 (Ghost) Sqn RCAF
Registration: HE727
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Ingenieur Enschedeweg, Wilnis, Utrecht -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Dalton, UK
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Hans-Dieter Frank of the 2./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.

Target: Dortmund
Call Sign: NA-K
Takeoff time: 22:34
Crew:
Pilot W/O I R.B. Moulton R/74234 RCAF Wilnis 4 Coll. Grave
Navigator Sgt. G.C. Carter R/119839 RCAF Survived pow
Bomb aimer F/Sgt. J. White R/114141 RCAF Wilnis 4 Coll. Grave
Wo ag F/Sgt. H.H. Hoddinott 1344173 RAF Survived pow
Air gunner F/Sgt. J.E.A. Thibaudeau R/94389 RCAF Wilnis 4 Coll. Grave

Sources:

SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T2274
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One

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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
30-Dec-2011 04:48 Uli Elch Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
05-May-2018 08:15 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
14-Oct-2018 15:37 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
04-Jun-2019 17:52 TigerTimon Updated [Embed code]
04-May-2023 13:41 TigerTimon Updated [[Embed code]]

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