ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53079
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| Date: | Friday 31 October 1941 |
| Time: | 23:50 |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 51 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z9141 |
| MSN: | MH-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Eendrachtweg, De Cocksdorp, Texel, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dishforth |
| RAF Dishforth |
Mission : Hamburg. Took off from RAF Dishforth at 1739 hrs. Last heard on W/T at 2152 hrs. Shot down by a night-fighter (Ofw Paul Gildner 4./NJG1) and crashed 2350 hrs N of the dam on the Dutch island of Texel, where the crew are buried in Den Burg General Cemetery.
Crew
Flt Lt E A Barsby (KIA)
Plt Off S D Steel RNZAF (KIA)
Sgt J H Knight (KIA)
Flt Sgt Warburton RCAF (KIA)
Sgt V Sature RCAF (KIA)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1322&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 170.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 January 1942 | Z9311 | 51 Sqn RAF | 5 | North Sea 40 km W of Terschelling, Friesland | |
w/o |
| 24 April 1942 | BD190 | 51 Sqn RAF | 0 | Hellifield 9 miles WNW of Skipton Yorkshire |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 15-May-2016 13:38 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Nov-2018 13:05 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 10-Apr-2020 13:57 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 15-Jun-2022 05:18 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 15-Jun-2022 05:19 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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