Incident Vickers Wellington Mk II W5534,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53297
 
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Date:Tuesday 15 July 1941
Time:02:10 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk II
Owner/operator:405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF
Registration: W5534
MSN: LQ-N
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Avereest, Overijssel -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Pocklington
Destination airport:
Narrative:
On Monday, 14 July 1941, (a part of) the aircraft of the 405 squadron (RAF), took off for a mission to Hannover in Germany from a station (airfield) in or near Pocklington. One of the crew members was Sergeant E Jones. He departed for his mission at 22:30. He flew with a Vickers Wellington (type Ic, with serial W5534 and code LQ-N). His mission and of the other crew members was planned for Tuesday, 15 July 1941.

Aircraft failed to returned from its mission: Shot down by NF Oblt. H-K. Kamp of III/NJG 1 and Crashed at Avereest, Overijssel, Netherlands. All six crew bailed out, survived, and were taken PoW:

Pilot Sgt. D.B. Thrower 904944 RAF Survived PoW, escaped, PoW
Co-Pilot P/O. R.G.M. Morgan 60561 RAF Survived pow (NCO:961835 Commission Gazetted : Friday 28 February, 1941)
Navigator Sgt. V.R.J. Slaughter 958689 RAF Survived evader, pow
Wireless op Sgt. E. Jones 643332 RAF Survived pow
Air gunner Sgt. J.N. Kirk R/51830 RCAF Survived evader
Air gunner Sgt. W.C. Dossetter 1376867 RAF Survived evader, pow

Sources:

1. http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1941%20sec_tcm5-7282.pdf
2. https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/wellington/19749-W55341941-07-15.html
3. https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1112A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
4. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
10 March 1942 Z8428 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF 6 Lost without trace mis
15 April 1942 W5427 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF 5 Brühl, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
23-Oct-2017 22:01 Dr. John Smith Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
06-Nov-2017 09:20 Laurent Rizzotti Updated [Aircraft type]
23-Dec-2017 18:46 Nepa Updated [Operator]
13-Oct-2018 16:51 stehlik49 Updated [Operator]
24-Jul-2019 19:33 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Source]
14-Jul-2023 06:40 Rob Davis Updated [[Time, Other fatalities, Source]]

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