Accident Vickers Wellington Mk III X3558,
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Date:Wednesday 29 July 1942
Time:01:46 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk III
Owner/operator:75 (NZ) Sqn RAF
Registration: X3558
MSN: AA-?
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:between Kehdingbruch and Belum; Niedersachsen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Feltwell, Norfolk
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Operation - Hamburg.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and hit by heavy (schwere) Flak; crashed.
All five rest at the Becklingen War Cemetery.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=X3558
Google Maps

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
25 July 1940 R3235 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF 6 IJsselmeer 1 km east of Uitdam, Noord-Holland w/o
16 July 1941 R3171 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF 6 North Sea, off Dutch coast w/o
16 September 1941 X3205 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF 5 Bockhorn, Bark, Schleswig-Holstein w/o
16 September 1941 X9759 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF 4 Barsbüttel, Schleswig-Holstein w/o
15 October 1941 W5663 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF 4 Willich, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o
15 October 1941 X9916 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF 6 Köln-Weiden, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o
8 November 1941 X9628 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF 2 Schaephuysen (Rheurdt) - Tönisberg (Kempen); Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o
8 November 1941 Z8942 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF 5 Zuidland, Zuid-Holland w/o
27 July 1942 Z1596 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF 4 near Dose, Friedeburg, Niedersachsen w/o
12 August 1942 BJ625 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF 4 hillside at Neuss, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o
21 August 1942 BJ774 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF 5 Missing. mis
9 September 1942 BJ596 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF 0 Schmalbroich, Kempen, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o
11 September 1942 BJ828 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF 5 North Sea mis
13 October 1942 X3954 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF 5 near Darenwurth, Helse, Schleswig-Holstein w/o
25 October 1942 Z1652 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF 2 Ville-sur-Retourne, Ardennes 08 w/o
25 October 1942 BJ725 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF 5 Wargnies-le-Grand, département du Nord w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
12-May-2020 09:36 TigerTimon Added
11-Jan-2021 10:55 Anon. Updated [Operator, Operator]

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