ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 244590
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Date: | Monday 9 November 1942 |
Time: | 21:35 LT |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 425 (Alouette) Sqn RCAF |
Registration: | BK557 |
MSN: | KW-S |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Bad Zwischenahn, Niedersachsen -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Dishforth, North Yorkshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 17:36 hrs for a bombing operation against Hamburg.
The aircraft was hit by heavy (schwere) Flak and crashed.
Five of the crew rest in the Sage War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BK557 Google Maps
Revision history:
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02-Nov-2020 18:41 |
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