ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202773
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| Date: | Tuesday 21 April 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 138 (Special Duties) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z9158 |
| MSN: | NF-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Porton Down Wiltshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tempsford |
| Nickel - St Etienne Region |
Took off from RAF Tempsford to drop leaflets in the region of St-Etienne, France. On returning to their briefed landing
airfield at Tangmere the crew encountered a very thick mist and were ordered to divert to Boscombe Down.While doing so the Whitley, flying too low, crashed and caught fire on the experimental range at Porton, Wiltshire.
Crew
Pilot: J/15213 Plt Off Ivan Anderson Miller RCAF - Brookwood Military Cemetery Plot 36 Row I Grave 3.
Pilot: 1313191 Sgt Raymond Fred Shaddick - Wellington Cemetery Somerset Division 1 Grave 2913
Observer: R/72363 Flt Sgt Walter John Edward Lines RCAF - Brookwood Military Cemetery Plot 36 Row I Grave 4.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1304727 Sgt Sydney William Francis Leigh -City of London & Tower Hamlets Cemetery Screen Wall Square 56 Grave 11885.
Air Gunner: Sgt K Hubbard - injured
Sources:
Aircraft lost on Allied Force’s Special Duty Operations
CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Dec-2017 18:42 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 28-Oct-2018 17:27 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 01-Mar-2019 17:32 | stehlik49 | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 12-May-2019 20:01 | Anon. | Updated [Destination airport, Narrative] |
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