Accident Vickers Wellington Mk X HE443,
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Date:Tuesday 29 June 1943
Time:01:32 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk X
Owner/operator:431 (Iroquois) Sqn RCAF
Registration: HE443
MSN: SE-O
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Lucherberg, Inden, Nordrhein-Westfalen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Burn, UK
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Hans Baer of the 4./NJG 3 (detached to II./NJG 1), flying Do 217 N-1 D5+GM from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield, Belgium.

Target: Köln, Germany
Takeoff time: 23:30
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HE443

Sources:

- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HE443

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
30-Dec-2011 03:39 Uli Elch Added
08-Jan-2012 08:31 Uli Elch Updated [Location, Departure airport]
15-Nov-2018 16:27 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative]
18-Nov-2018 21:26 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]

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