Accident Vickers Wellington Mk III BK164,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 207433
 
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Date:Friday 12 March 1943
Time:22:22
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk III
Owner/operator:427 (Lion) Sqn RCAF
Registration: BK164
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Minor
Location:10 km north of Hoorn, Noord-Holland at 3000 meters -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Croft
Destination airport:
Narrative:
The aircraft was hit by Flak over Essen (which killed the crew's navigator and severely injured the Wop). The aircraft was attacked by a Bf 110 flown by Lt. Wolfgang Kuthe of the 11./NJG 1. The German claimed the Wellington shot down (victory confirmed), but it made it back to England, crash landing at RAF Stradishall.

Damage: Cat.Ac / Repair is beyond the unit capacity, i.e. may be repaired on site by another unit or contractor

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://books.google.nl/books?id=897--YXm00UC&pg=PA32&lpg=PA32&dq=wellington+BK164&source=bl&ots=758rRawwnc&sig=uQJQ1kvuUvxSaKIc17jNDmjCZzg&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjQ4OiizefZAhXE_qQKHUu2D9UQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=wellington%20BK164&f=false

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
12-Mar-2018 20:33 TigerTimon Added
11-Oct-2018 19:37 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]

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