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| Date: | Saturday 26 July 1941 |
| Time: | 04:22 LT |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | T4231 |
| MSN: | ZA-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 2 km northeast of Koersel, Beringen, Limburg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 22:28 hrs for an operation to Hannover, Germany.
On return, coned by searchlights and shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Reinhard Kollak of the 1./NJG 1, who was flying Bf 110 C-4 G9+LH from Venlo airfield, the Netherlands.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer William Mcnaughton Spiers MiD RAF 87666 (NCO:937234 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 03 December, 1940) [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Wilfred Puttick RAFVR 929723 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Harry Joseph Daniels RAF 68738 (NCO:929262 : Commission Gazetted Friday 11 July, 1941) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Douglas Bernard Beverley RAFVR 1150773 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Cyril Webster Fitzmaurice Lawson RAF 535558 [Killed
All lie at the Koersel Communal Cemetery, Belgium (51.056461 / 5.270873)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=T4231+
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/whitley-bij-koersel
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Jul-2019 17:58 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 27-Jul-2019 10:23 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 29-Jul-2025 06:53 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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