ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234316
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| Date: | Monday 1 September 1941 |
| Time: | 00:08 claim |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z6837 |
| MSN: | DY-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Molenstede, Diest, Flemish Brabant -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Topcliffe, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 19:50 hrs for an operation to Essen in Germany.
The aircraft was coned by a searchlight for 6 minutes & intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Heinz Pähler of the 2./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands.
The five airmen, pilot Sgt Thomas Wood (RCAF, 27 years old), the co-pilot P/O Edwin Anderson (RCAF), the observer Sgt Thomas Boyle, the two radiotelegrapher/air gunners Sgt Nicholas Carter (34 years old) and the tail gunner Sgt Morley Humphrey are killed.
Sources:
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/whitley-z6837-bij-molenstede
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z6837
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 July 1941 | Z6866 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 0 | Maurik, Gelderland |  |
w/o |
| 8 November 1941 | Z9212 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 3 | Wildenrath, Wegberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 30 November 1941 | Z6800 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 4 | south of Klein Königsförde, Krummwisch, Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Mar-2020 20:47 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 29-Jun-2022 00:36 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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