ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53832
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| Date: | Saturday 17 August 1940 |
| Time: | 05:00 LT |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P4955 |
| MSN: | ZA-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rijsbergen, near Breda, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire |
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk.V P4955 (ZA-G) of 10 Squadron RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire. Lost on combat operations 17/8/40. Hit by Flak/AAA over Jena. Written off (damaged beyond repair) when force landed at Rijsbergen, near Breda, Noord-Brabandt, Netherlands. All five crew survived and were taken POW:
Pilot F/O. W.M.N. Nixon RAF Survived POW
Co-Pilot F/O. P.G. Whitby RAF Survived POW
Navigator Sgt. H.W. Bradley RAF Survived POW
W/Op Sgt. E.R. Holmes RAF Survived POW
Air gunner Sgt. A.M. Somerville RAF Survived POW
Sources:
1. https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0781&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
2. https://mk3.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/16-17-08-1940-sglo-t0781-armstrong-whitworth-whitley-mk-v-p4955-za-g/
3. Chorley W.R. Bomber Command Losses 1939-1940 page 100
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 August 1941 | Z6805 | 10 Sqn RAF | 0 | Winterswijk - Kotten, Gelderland | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 19-Mar-2018 19:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2018 19:08 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 16-Feb-2019 17:16 | Cobar | Updated [Embed code] |
| 29-Jul-2019 19:07 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source] |
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