Accident Vickers Wellington Mk X HE321,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51924
 
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Date:Thursday 13 May 1943
Time:02:17
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk X
Owner/operator:428 (Ghost) Sqn RCAF
Registration: HE321
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Hasseler Es, near Deurningen, Overijssel -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Dalton, UK
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant August Geiger of the 7./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente airfield.

Target: Duisburg
Call Sign: NA-Z
Takeoff time: 23:42
Crew:
Pilot F/Sgt. A.E. Hatch R/120614 RCAF Deurningen 1 1-5
Navigator F/O. R.L. Baumgarten J/14523 RCAF Deurningen 1 1-5
Bomb aimer F/Sgt. D.R. Horwood R/127814 RCAF Deurningen 1 1-5
Wo ag Sgt. W. Leven 1077731 RAF Deurningen 1 1-5
Air gunner F/Sgt. C.C. Hildreth R/145781 RCAF Deurningen 1 1-5

Sources:

1) https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2301&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
2) Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
3) - Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
4) http://oorlogsdodendinkelland.nl/slachtoffers/oude-gemeente-weerselo/

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
30-Dec-2011 06:43 Uli Elch Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]
22-Jul-2016 16:20 Bert Updated [Source, Narrative]
10-May-2018 10:05 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
14-Oct-2018 15:38 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]

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