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:LQL Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City:West Raynham, UK
Crash Specifics:
Crash Latitude:0.000000000
Crash Longitude:0.000000000
Crash Reason:fighter
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim:
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6 Group Unavailable
Events
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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