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Date: | Friday 25 June 1943 |
Time: | 01:54 LT |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk X |
Owner/operator: | 166 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | HF594 |
MSN: | AS-Q |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Dessel, Antwerp -
Belgium
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Kirmington (EGNJ) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 23:14 for an operation to Wuppertal, Germany.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Werner Hoffmann of the 4./NJG 5 (detached to 4./NJG 1), flying a Bf 110 G-4 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield.
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HF594
Sources:
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HF594 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
30-Dec-2011 12:40 |
Uli Elch |
Added |
22-Dec-2018 15:40 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
24-Dec-2018 09:03 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator] |
26-Jun-2022 03:03 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |