Accident Vickers Wellington Mk X HE981,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52310
 
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Date:Tuesday 22 June 1943
Time:02:21
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk X
Owner/operator:429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF
Registration: HE981
MSN: AL-
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Langeweg, Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF East Moor, UK
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Paul Förster of the 2./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.

Takeoff time: 23:27
Crew:
Pilot F/O. L.F. Lown J/13992 RCAF Bergen op Zoom 25 C 1-2 Initially buried Breda
Navigator Sgt. A.J. Sieffert R/119786 RCAF Bergen op Zoom 25 C 1-2 Initially buried Breda
Bomb aimer Sgt. J.K. Wood R/82786 RCAF Bergen op Zoom 25 C 1-2 Initially buried Breda
Wo ag Sgt. A.S. Rhodes R/131818 RCAF Bergen op Zoom 25 C 1-2 Initially buried Breda
Air gunner Sgt. W.H. Calder R/116334 RCAF Bergen op Zoom 25 C 1-2 Initially buried Breda

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T2519

- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
30 March 1943 BK540 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF 5 North Sea mis
23 June 1943 HF457 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF 3 Houthalen-Helchteren, Limburg w/o
25 June 1943 HZ521 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF 5 Hamme-Mille, Braibant walon w/o
26 July 1943 HE803 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF 1 west of Culemborg train station, Gelderland w/o
28 July 1943 JA114 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF 3 near Todenbüttel, Schleswig-Holstein w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
30-Dec-2011 04:42 Uli Elch Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
21-Jun-2018 17:10 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
14-Oct-2018 15:56 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]
13-Jun-2023 10:57 TigerTimon Updated [[Operator, Destination airport, Operator]]

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