ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 266216
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| Date: | Monday 27 July 1942 |
| Time: | 17:48 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 57 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3653 |
| MSN: | DX-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lemwerder, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Feltwell, Norfolk |
Takeoff at 15:30 hrs for a bombing operation against Bremen.
The aircraft was shot down, all five rest in the Becklingen War Cemetery.
Sources:
BA/MA Freiburg (via J. Junker)
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=X3653&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 July 1941 | R1369 | 57 Sqn RAF | 4 | North Sea off Friesland |  |
w/o |
| 8 November 1941 | Z8903 | 57 Sqn RAF | 6 | North Sea probably off Alkmaar, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
| 16 March 1942 | X3599 | 57 Sqn RAF | 5 | Thomas Mountain County Down Northern Ireland |  |
w/o |
| 26 March 1942 | X3665 | 57 Sqn RAF | 6 | Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 29 July 1942 | Z1650 | 57 Sqn RAF | 6 | Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
Images:
BA/MA Freiburg (via J. Junker)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Aug-2021 07:46 | TigerTimon | Added |
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