ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 229718
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| Date: | Tuesday 2 July 1940 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley B Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 58 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N1461 |
| MSN: | GE-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kiel, Schleswig Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire |
| RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire |
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk.V N1461 (GE-R) 58 Sqaudron, RAF; Written off (destroyed) when lost (Failed to Return) from combat operations over Germany. Of the five crew, four were killed, snd one survived to be taken as a PoW. According to the official Air Ministry file into the incident (File AIR 81/1003): "Whitley N1461 crashed at Kiel, Germany, 2 July 1940. Sergeant D Leishman, Sergeant H E A Craven, Flying Officer L H McFarlane and Pilot Officer C J T Jones: report of deaths. Warrant Officer J P Caldwell: prisoner of war"
Airborne from RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire. Target: Keil Dockyard, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein. Failed to return, presumed shot down by Flak/AAA. As stated above, four of the five crew were killed, and one survived to be taken as a PoW
Crew of Whitley N1461:
Sergeant David Leishman (Observer) RAF 51309, aged 19 - killed in action 02/07/1940
Sergeant Henry Eric Archibald Craven (Wireless Op./Air Gunner) RAF 542430, aged 24 - killed in action 02/07/1940
Flying Officer Laurence Herbert McFarlane (Pilot) RAF 39545, aged 25 - killed in action 02/07/1940
Pilot Officer Cecil John Trevelyan Jones (2nd Pilot) RAF 70805 - killed in action 02/07/1940
Warrant Officer J P Caldwell (Air Gunner) - survived, captured and taken as PoW.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1977
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/1003: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502842
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2356577/leishman,-david/
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2356289/craven,-henry-eric-archibald/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2356618/mcfarlane,-laurence-herbert/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2356533/jones,-cecil-john-trevelyan/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 September 1941 | Z6944 | 58 Sqn RAF | 5 | Elbe river at Hamburg-Altengamme (probably) | |
w/o |
| 12 March 1942 | Z9227 | 58 Sqn RAF | 5 | S of Ameland, Friesland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Oct-2019 19:07 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 08-Oct-2019 11:08 | juza7 | Updated [Operator] |
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