Squadron: 405 (B) Sqn (RCAF)
Start Date: 1942-02-26
Completion Date: 1942-02-26
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Kiel Germany
Target Specific:
Base: Pocklington
Take Off Time: 18.59
Squadron Code: LQ D
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Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
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War Diary Unavailable
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405 City of Vancouver Squadron (Ducimus). Wellington aircraft W 5516 failed to return from a bombing, photography, and leaflet-dropping trip to Kiel, Germany. Flight Sergeant John Henry DYSON (402569); Wing Commander Gordon Dale MACALLISTER (C/169); Flight Sergeant Edmund Cecil PHILLIPS (R/60734); Flight Sergeant William Stapleton PIERS (R/56087); Flight Lieutenant James Alexander ROBSON (68798);Flight SergeantMelvin Peter Frederick ROBSON (R/65815). The pilot of an accompanying aircraft reported severe icing conditions in the area.
6 Group Unavailable
405 City of Vancouver Squadron (Ducimus). Wellington aircraft W 5516 failed to return from a bombing, photography, and leaflet-dropping trip to Kiel, Germany. Flight Sergeant John Henry DYSON (402569); Wing Commander Gordon Dale MACALLISTER (C/169); Flight Sergeant Edmund Cecil PHILLIPS (R/60734); Flight Sergeant William Stapleton PIERS (R/56087); Flight Lieutenant James Alexander ROBSON (68798);Flight SergeantMelvin Peter Frederick ROBSON (R/65815). The pilot of an accompanying aircraft reported severe icing conditions in the area.
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