Accident Vickers Wellington Mk II W5456,
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Date:Monday 30 June 1941
Time:03:50-04:15
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk II
Owner/operator:40 Sqn RAF
Registration: W5456
MSN: BL-P
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:North Sea off England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Alconbury, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 22:45 hrs for an operation to Hamburg, Germany.
Missing without a trace. On return, probably shot down by a Ju 88C night fighter of the I./NJG 2 (flown by either Feldwebel Helmut Arnold or by Oberfeldwebel Hermann Jung). Could also have been hit by Marine Flak over Germany.

For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W5456

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
28-Jun-2019 11:05 TigerTimon Added
28-Jun-2019 12:10 stehlik49 Updated [Operator]

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