ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 200509
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| Date: | Wednesday 7 January 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 12 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W5523 |
| MSN: | PH-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sea off Brest -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook |
Hit by flak over the target and crashed into the sea off Brest. All the crew are remembered on the Runnymede Memorial
Sources:
Bomber Command Losses 1942
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fabsa39-45.forumpro.fr%2Ft578-secteur-de-brest-6-janvier-1942
Bomber Command Losses 1942
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 September 1941 | Z8328 | 12 Sqn RAF | 0 | Eerste Kruisweg, 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 10 January 1942 | W5611 | 12 Sqn RAF | 4 | 1 mile east of Brumby, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England |  |
w/o |
| 13 March 1942 | Z8578 | 12 Sqn RAF | 6 | Missing |  |
mis |
| 25 March 1942 | W5578 | 12 Sqn RAF | 4 | close to Escoublac, Loire-Atlantique département | |
w/o |
| 2 April 1942 | W5395 | 12 Sqn RAF | 0 | woods at Sainte-Opportune-la-Mare, Eure département, Normandie | |
w/o |
| 31 May 1942 | Z8376 | 12 Sqn RAF | 5 | Oberlohberg, Dinslaken, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 9 June 1942 | Z8652 | 12 Sqn RAF | 6 | Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
mis |
| 27 July 1942 | W5367 | 12 Sqn RAF | 4 | near Westerholte, Ankum, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 1 August 1942 | Z8499 | 12 Sqn RAF | 5 | Hürth, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Oct-2017 19:17 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 06-Nov-2017 09:20 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 18-Oct-2018 19:14 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
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