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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 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Lemwerder, Niedersachsen -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Feltwell, Norfolk |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative: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 Images:
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BA/MA Freiburg (via J. Junker)
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Aug-2021 07:46 |
TigerTimon |
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