Accident Vickers Wellington Mk II W5553,
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Date:Saturday 8 November 1941
Time:04:58 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk II
Owner/operator:405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF
Registration: W5553
MSN: LQ-D
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:between Sankt Jürgen - Niederblockland; Lilienthal, Niedersachsen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Took off at 23:21 local time for an operation against Berlin.

The aircraft was hit by heavy Flak and crashed.
All six crew members rest in the Becklingen War Cemetery.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W5553&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Google Maps

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
27 February 1942 W5516 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF 6 North Sea west of Westerland/Sylt (Schleswig-Holstein) mis

Revision history:

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05-Nov-2021 14:32 TigerTimon Added

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