ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 235042
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Date: | Sunday 28 December 1941 |
Time: | 20:12 LT |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF |
Registration: | W5561 |
MSN: | LQ-J |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Engerhafe, Südbrookmerland, Niedersachsen -
Germany
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 17:05 hrs local time for an operation to Emden in Germany.
The aircraft was hit by Flak of the 1. & 5./Marine-Flak-Abteilung 236 and crashed in flames.
The crew all rest in Sage War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W5561 Google Maps
Revision history:
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