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| Date: | Saturday 28 June 1941 |
| Time: | 01:58 LT |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | T4179 |
| MSN: | ZA-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Hipstedt, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 22:31 hrs for an operation to Bremen.
Coned by searchlights and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Helmut Lent of the 6./NJG 1, who was flying Bf 110 E-2 G9+CP from Stade airfield.
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant John Stanley Shaw RAFVR 908401 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Pilot Officer Donald Vincent Bingham-Hall RAFVR 62697 (NCO:1166526 : Commission Gazetted Monday 18 August, 1941) [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant John Marshall McAlonan RAFVR 948560 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Douglas Walter Banham RAFVR 751616 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Edward Lawley RAFVR 954205 [Killed]
All are buried at the Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany (52.890363 / 9.916912)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/shaw-john.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Jun-2019 18:18 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 27-Jun-2019 05:26 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 22-Jun-2024 19:22 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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