Squadron: 405 (B) Sqn (RCAF)

Start Date: 1941-07-24

Completion Date: 1941-07-24

Mission: Bombing

Operation: unspecified

Target City: Brest France

Target Specific:

Base: Pocklington

Take Off Time: 11.53

Squadron Code: LQ L

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Return Time:

Crash City: West Raynham, UK

Crash Specifics:

Crash Latitude: 0.00000000

Crash Longitude: 0.00000000

Crash Reason: fighter

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No 405 Sqn Wellington W5537 was "LQ*O" on 24 July 1941 when lost on raid to Brest, attacking the German battleships Gneisenau and Scharnhorst. 6 killed:

Sergeant John Colvin CRUMP (R/61608); Sergeant John Albert FAWKES (819035) Sergeant Julian Lee Byron MARTIN (R/57938); Sergeant Anthony George Lendrum MITCHELL (970184) Sergeant Cyril TATTON (1163487); Pilot OfficerRonald Victor TRUEMAN (61969)

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Wellington W5537 Mk. II - Bombing Brest France - 1941-07-24 to 1941-07-24