ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140881
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| Date: | Tuesday 27 April 1943 |
| Time: | 02:34 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 428 (Ghost) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HZ365 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Dülken, Viersen, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dalton, UK |
Crashed during raid on Duisburg, hit by heavy Flak of the 2. & 3./schwere Flak-Abteilung 366.
Call Sign: NA-U
Takeoff time: 00:25
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Lorne Ronald Coutts RCAF R/123973 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant James Allan Smith RCAF R/123492 : Commission Gazetted Friday 10 July, 1942) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Raymond William Stockton RAFVR 1150881 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Warrant Officer Class II Werner Charles Hencke RCAF R/98354 [Killed]
Sergeant Philip Henry Snow RAF 1388118 [PoW]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/wellington/18895-HZ3651943-04-27.html
Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2011 13:38 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 26-Apr-2018 16:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2018 15:35 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 26-Apr-2022 19:53 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Apr-2024 07:17 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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