Date:	Saturday 9 May 1942
Time:	02:01 LT
Type:	Vickers Wellington Mk II
Owner/operator:	158 Sqn RAF
Registration:	W5387
MSN:	NP-V
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Hanstorf, Satow, Mecklenburg -   Germany
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Driffield - takeoff at 22:41 hrs
Destination airport:	operation - Warnemünde, Rostock

Narrative:
Coned by searchlights, hit by heavy (schwere) Flak; crashed.

Crew:-
Pilot:1377554 Sgt Eric George Seaward RAFVR - Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery 8. B. 11-12.
Observer:1287632 Sgt Kenneth George Armstrong RAFVR - Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery 8. B. 13.
R/52692 Flt Sgt Alfred Harold Hayward RCAF PoW Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug. PoW Number 39671.
Air Gunner:1117198 Sgt Roy Smith RAFVR - Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery 8. B. 11-12.
Air Gunner:521347 Sgt Hugh Russell Strain RAF - Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery 8. B. 10.

Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Germany (52.507028 / 13.222336)

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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
25-Dec-2017 22:24	Red Dragon	Added
01-Nov-2018 20:06	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ]
06-May-2022 10:21	TigerTimon	Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
04-Jul-2022 11:32	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, ]
30-Aug-2025 06:38	Rob Davis	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]