ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 226113
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| Date: | Wednesday 1 May 1940 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley B Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 58 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N1465 |
| MSN: | AWA.1605 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea (Target: Stavanger Airfield, Sola, Stavanger) -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire |
| RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire |
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley N1465 (GE-N) 58 squadron, RAF: Lost on combat operations when failed to return from a raid on Stavanger, Norway, 1 May 1940. The aircraft left RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 20:45 on 30 April 1940 on a bombing mission to Stavanger. While overflying the North Sea by night, the aircraft disappeared without trace. All five crew posted as "missing presumed dead" on 1 May 1940
Crew of Whitley N1465:
Flight Sergeant Cecil Robert Heayes (Service Number 562741, aged 26)
Sergeant Leonard Frank Tomlinson (Service Number 580338)
Sergeant Harvey Alderson Peel (Service Number 527531, aged 26)
Corporal Patrick Harold Deverueux Ditmas (Service Number 550777, aged 21)
Aircraftman 1st Class David Robertson (Service Number 633753, aged 20)
As no trace of Whtiley N1465 not its crew of five was ever found, all are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/184: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14142009
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-armstrong-whitworth-aw38-whitley-v-north-sea-5-killed-1
4. https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/whitley/25226-N14651940-05-01.html
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1799851/heayes,-cecil-robert/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1808906/tomlinson,-leonard-frank/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1804133/peel,-harvey-alderson/
8. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/232249/ditmas,-patrick-harold-devereux/
9. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2940375/robertson,-david/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Jun-2019 22:14 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 12-Jun-2019 22:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 13-Jun-2019 02:40 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 07-Jun-2022 18:54 | Anon. | Updated [Date] |
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