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Date: | Monday 16 August 1943 |
Time: | 00:07 |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk X |
Owner/operator: | 166 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | HF596 |
MSN: | AS-A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
Location: | North Sea 55 km N of Vlieland, Friesland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Kirmington (EGNJ) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Heinz Grimm of the Stab IV./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden airfield. The Wellington was on a Gardening (mine-laying) operation.
Takeoff time: 20:49
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HF596
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HF596 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Aug-2018 09:29 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
10-Aug-2018 09:30 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Narrative] |
02-Nov-2018 18:38 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
15-Jun-2022 04:48 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |