Accident Vickers Wellington Mk X HF606,
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Date:Friday 25 June 1943
Time:00:57 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk X
Owner/operator:300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF
Registration: HF606
MSN: BH-C
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Wetten, Kevelaer, Nordrhein-Westfalen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Ingham, UK
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 23:09 for an operation to Wuppertal.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Major Günther Radusch of the Stab II./NJG 3 (detached to Stab I./NJG 1), flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield, the Netherlands.

Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HF606

Sources:

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

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HF606

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
30-Dec-2011 12:49 Uli Elch Added
22-Dec-2018 11:15 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
05-Feb-2020 09:30 stehlik49 Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]

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