ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140886
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| Date: | Sunday 30 May 1943 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HZ471 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea possibly near Vlissingen, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Moor, UK |
Missing during a raid on Barmen-Wuppertal. Possibly shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Rolf Bussmann of the 1./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield, the Netherlands. He claimed a Wellington shot down over the North Sea near Vlissingen, Zeeland at 02:50.
Call Sign: AL-
Takeoff time: 22:36
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HZ471
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HZ471
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2011 14:17 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 08-Jan-2012 08:58 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location, Departure airport] |
| 30-May-2018 19:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2018 15:53 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 22-Jun-2022 22:20 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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