ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53214
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| Date: | Sunday 17 August 1941 |
| Time: | 02:40 LT |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z6794 |
| MSN: | ZA-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lottum, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming |
| RAF Leeming |
Operation - Köln, Germany. Took off from RAF Leeming at 22:09 hrs.
The aircraft was caught in searchlights & intercepted by night fighter pilot Leutnant Hans-Dieter Frank of the Stab I./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield.
It is reported that at least four of the crew bailed out, but Sgt Sewell's parachute failed to deploy. He is buried along with Sgt Lager, in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Crew Sgt E H Lager (KIA)
Sgt S S Shipiro RCAF (POW)
Sgt J W Myers RCAF (POW)
Sgt V Y H Sewell RCAF (KIA)
Sgt J E Fulkerson RCAF (KIA)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
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
| 30 September 1940 | T4130 | 10 Sqn RAF | 2 | Badbergen, 23 km WSW Vechta; Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
| 19 June 1941 | Z6671 | 10 Sqn RAF | 5 | North Sea off Ameland, Friesland | |
w/o |
| 9 July 1941 | Z6627 | 10 Sqn RAF | 4 | North Sea 60 km NW of Vlieland, Friesland | |
w/o |
| 19 August 1941 | Z6672 | 10 Sqn RAF | 3 | Tiendeberg, Riemst, Limburg |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-May-2016 06:27 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2018 18:57 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 13-Mar-2020 17:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Mar-2020 17:11 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
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