ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53213
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| Date: | Sunday 17 August 1941 |
| Time: | 02:30 LT |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z6805 |
| MSN: | ZA-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Winterswijk - Kotten, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming |
| RAF Leeming |
Operation - Köln, Germany. Took off from RAF Leeming at 22:03 hrs.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and at 01:43 attacked by Oberleutnant Wolfgang Thimmig of the 2./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield. At 02:30 hrs, it crashed.
Sgt Calvert is reported to have been in May 1942 and was shot by civil Police at Dresden on 20 May 1942. He is buried in the 1939-1945 War Cemetery at Berlin.
Crew
Sgt B S Craske (POW)
Sgt H P Calvert MiD (POW)
Sgt King (POW)
Sgt Robertson (POW)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1197A&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 119.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 August 1940 | P4955 | 10 Sqn RAF | 0 | Rijsbergen, near Breda, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-May-2016 07:54 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2018 18:58 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 13-Mar-2020 17:40 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Aug-2022 10:36 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
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