ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53865
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| Date: | Saturday 27 July 1940 |
| Time: | 01:30 |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 102 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N1377 |
| MSN: | DY-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Spijkenisse (De Nieuwe Uitslag van Putten polder), Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Driffield |
| Mannheim |
Airborne 2030 26Jul40 from Driffield.
Forced-landed after being hit by Vlaardingen-based Luftwaffe Flak.
Mission: Operation Mannheim
Further Information
"Serial range N1345 - N1394. 40 Whitley Mk.V. Delivered by Armstrong Whitworth
Aircraft between 28Aug39 and 23Oct39. Contract No.75147/38. Also wore DY-G/P.
N1377 was badly damaged by Flak before on 27/28Oct39. P/O K.N.Gray and crew
were unhurt in the incident. Repaired and returned to Squadron service.
Crew
P/O R.F.Beauclair PoW
P/O J.C.W.Bushell PoW
Sgt E.A.Caloway PoW
Sgt C.Wood PoW
Sgt K.J.Read PoW
P/O R.F.Beauclair was interned in Camps Luftstalag1/Luftstalag3. PoW No.154, with P/O
J.C.W.Bushell. PoW No.156.
Sgt E.A.Caloway was held in Dulag Luft Interrogation Centre until Apr42. Interned
in Camp L3, PoW No.156.
Sgt K.J.Read in Camps L1/L6/357, PoW No.193 with
Sgt C.Wood, PoW No.200.
Sgt E.A.Caloway is also recorded as Sgt E.A.Galloway.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0756&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
https://sites.google.com/site/wo2vpr1/home/1940-07-27-whitley
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 May 1940 | N1417 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 2 | Wilbers Farm, De Kleft, 1 km East of Bakel-Milheeze, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 15 August 1940 | P5022 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Driffield, East Yorkshire, England |  |
w/o |
| 7 September 1941 | Z6574 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 5 | North Sea 60 miles northeast of Bircham Newton, Norfolk, England | |
w/o |
| 8 November 1941 | Z6796 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 5 | Süderoogsand (near), Amt Pellworm, Schleswig-Holstein |  |
w/o |
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-May-2013 05:40 | tomtodd | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Feb-2019 17:14 | Cobar | Updated [Embed code] |
| 23-Jul-2019 15:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Jul-2019 15:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 24-Jul-2019 08:17 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
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