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| Date: | Monday 8 September 1941 |
| Time: | 01:22 claim |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | W5521 |
| MSN: | LQ-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 2 km northeast of Nienborg, Heek, Nordrhein-Westfalen (claim location) -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 20:32 hrs for an operation to Berlin.
The aircraft was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Helmut Woltersdorf of the 7./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Twente airfield in the Netherlands.
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant John Stewart Saunders RCAF R/38648 [PoW]
Sergeant JosephStanley Courtnall RAF 939096 [PoW]
Pilot Officer William Kenneth Mackey RCAF J/4714 [PoW]
Sergeant Percival Stephenson MacNutt RCAF R/56239 [PoW]
Flight Sergeant Ronald Perkin RAF 551888 [PoW]
Sergeant James Alexander Smith RAF 177571 [PoW]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W5521
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Mar-2020 19:22 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 12-May-2024 19:24 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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