Wellington W5521 Mk. II - Bombing Berlin Germany - 1941-09-07 to 1941-09-08
Squadron: 405 (B) Sqn (RCAF)
Start Date: 1941-09-07
Completion Date: 1941-09-08
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Berlin Germany
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Pocklington
Take Off Time: 20:32:00
Squadron Code: EQ-P
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Germany
Crash Specifics: 2 km northeast of Nienborg, Heek, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: fighter
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim: Oberleutnant Helmut Woltersdorf of the 7/NJG1
War Diary Unavailable
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405 Vancouver Squadron RCAF (Ducimus), RAF Pocklington. Wellington Mk II aircraft W 5521 LQ-P was lost during an operation against targets in Berlin, Germany. The bomber was intercepted and shot down near the target area by night fighter ace Oberleutnant Helmut Woltersdorf of the 7/NJG1. The Wellington crashed 2 km northeast of Nienborg, Heek, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany with the entire crew surviving.

Warrant Officer Class 2 James Alexander Smith (RCAF), Pilot Officer William Kenneth MacKay (RCAF), Sergeant Percival Stephenson MacNutt (RCAF), Sergeant Ronald Perkin (RAFVR) and Sergeant Joseph Stanley Courtnall (RAFVR) all survived to become Prisoners of War

Nachtjagd Combat Archive, The Early Years Part 2 13 July 1941 - 29 May 1942 by Theo Boiten, page 43

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