Accident Vickers Wellington Mk X HE634,
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Date:Friday 28 May 1943
Time:01:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk X
Owner/operator:199 Sqn RAF
Registration: HE634
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Plantlünne airfield, north of Rheine, Niedersachsen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Ingham, UK
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Karl-Heinz Völlkopf of the 9./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente airfield, the Netherlands.

Target: Essen
Call Sign: EX-S
Takeoff time: 23:00
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HE634

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HE634
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
29-Dec-2011 15:45 Uli Elch Added
29-May-2018 17:02 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
01-Nov-2018 09:30 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]

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