ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 170381
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| Date: | Saturday 17 June 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk XI |
| Owner/operator: | 99 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HZ719 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Loktak Lake, Manipur -
 India
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Jessore, India |
The bomber plane was shot down by Japanese forces during the Battle of Imphal. All six crew killed. The deceased are buried at the Imphal War Cemetery, India.
Sources:
1. http://web.archive.org/web/20150317230212/http://mizzima.com/mizzima-news/regional/item/13576-new-search-for-world-war-ii-aircraft-wrecks-to-begin-in-india
2. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Wreckage-sites-of-3-WW-II-fighter-planes-at-Loktak-Lake-identified/articleshow/44672588.cms
3. http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ennis-anthony.html
4. http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-in-school/search-on-for-three-wwii-aircraft-in-manipur-lake/article6482441.ece
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Oct-2014 06:11 | gerard57 | Added |
| 20-Apr-2017 23:15 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Sep-2017 12:53 | Anon. | Updated [Location] |
| 23-Dec-2017 19:16 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 13-Nov-2018 07:06 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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