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| Date: | Monday 9 November 1942 |
| Time: | 20:06 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 420 (Snowy Owl) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | Z1679 |
| MSN: | PT-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | off Sylt island, Schleswig-Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George, County Durham |
Takeoff at 17:53 hrs for a bombing operation against Hamburg.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was hit by Marine Flak and 2./leichte Flak-Abteilung 836 (o).
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Walter Stanley Beale RCAF R/102069 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Warrant Officer Class II Cornelius Collard RCAF R/77433 [Killed]
Flight Sergeant John Duncan McDonald RCAF R/107349 [Killed]
Flight Sergeant Armand Joseph Marcel Smith RCAF R/79500 [Killed]
Flight Sergeant Charles Solomon Snider RCAF R/83354 [Killed]
W/O2 Collard lies at the Hamburg Cemetery, Ohlsdorf, Germany (53.621319 / 10.053845), the others are remembered at the Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom (51.437693 / -0.564745)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z1679
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Nov-2020 19:44 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 02-Oct-2024 17:44 | Rob Davis | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
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