ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53310
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| Date: | Wednesday 9 July 1941 |
| Time: | 02:40 |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 58 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z6666 |
| MSN: | GE-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Arcen and Velden (former municipality), Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire |
| RAF Linton-on-Ouse |
Mission-Hamm. Took off from RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2245 hrs. Coned by searchlights and hit by Flak. Crashed 0240 hrs onto a road near Velden (Limburg), 5 km N of Venlo Holland.
Sgt Caine fell to his death when his parachute failed to open. He is buried in Jonkerbos War Cemetery:
Sgt A W Rigling (POW)
Sgt L E Carden (POW)
Sgt J S Cameron (POW)
Sgt J Gutteridge (POW)
Sgt W M Caine (KIA)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1099&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
royal Air force bomber Command losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 86.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-May-2016 18:02 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2018 12:42 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 08-Jul-2019 11:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
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