ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 226920
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| Date: | Wednesday 9 July 1941 |
| Time: | 02:51 LT |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z6555 |
| MSN: | EY-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea 60 km NW of Vlieland, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George, County Durham |
Takeoff at 23:03 hrs for an operation to Hamm, Germany.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Rudolf Schoenert of the 4./NJG 1, who was flying Bf 110 C-7 G9+WM from Bergen airfield.
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Oliver Wiley McLean RAAF Aus/404112 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Kenneth Noddle RAFVR 910919 [Killed]
Crew : Sergeant Louis Byrne RAF 1377672 [Killed]
Crew : Sergeant Clifford Mackenzie Martin RCAF R/64471 [Killed]
Crew : Pilot Officer Herbert Hutin Mountain RAFVR 86428 [Killed] (NCO:751256 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 05 November, 1940)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z6555
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 August 1941 | Z6754 | 78 Sqn RAF | 5 | Buggenum, Limburg | |
w/o |
| 7 September 1941 | Z6881 | 78 Sqn RAF | 5 | near Burgum, Friesland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jul-2019 11:33 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 08-Jul-2019 11:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn] |
| 08-Jul-2019 14:31 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 15-Jun-2022 04:43 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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