ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 226219
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Date: | Tuesday 17 June 1941 |
Time: | 03:12 |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
Owner/operator: | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF |
Registration: | W5522 |
MSN: | LQ-Q |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | North Sea -
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 23:03 hrs for an operation to Köln, Germany.
The aircraft was probably shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Herbert Bönsch of the 1./NJG 2, who was flying a Ju 88C from Gilze-Rijen airfield, the Netherlands.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W5522 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
15-Jun-2019 19:48 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
17-Jun-2019 09:51 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator] |
07-Dec-2019 17:31 |
tachel |
Updated [Operator] |
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