ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140877
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| Date: | Wednesday 23 June 1943 |
| Time: | 01:35 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HZ312 |
| MSN: | AL-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 3 km north of Rees, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Moor, UK |
| target - Mülheim/Ruhr |
Claimed shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant August Geiger of the 7./NJG 1 (flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente airfield, the Netherlands) and by heavy Flak units.
Takeoff time: 23:28
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HZ312
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HZ312
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
http://www.6bombergroup.ca/June43/june22~2343.html
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2011 13:20 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 08-Jan-2012 08:30 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location, Departure airport] |
| 23-Jun-2018 12:16 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2018 15:58 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 26-Jun-2021 14:37 | tachel | Updated [Cn, Destination airport, Source] |
| 28-Sep-2023 19:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [[Cn, Destination airport, Source]] |
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