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| Date: | Tuesday 25 August 1942 |
| Time: | 00:30 |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 138 (Special Duties) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z9232 |
| MSN: | NF-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Cher River, Saint-Loup, Loir-et-Cher 41 -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tempsford, Bedfordshire |
Airborne on one of five separate supply drops, code-named Syringa (7,10,11,12, and 13). The aircraft was operating Syringa 7; crash-landed at St-Loup following an attack by a Bf 110.
Crew:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader Harold Aittken Outram RAF 36246 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 27 February, 1940) [Evaded]
2nd Pilot : Pilot Officer Laurence Wilson RAF 110289 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 02 December, 1941) [Evaded]
Sergeant G F Foster RAF 1583331 [Evaded]
Flight Lieutenant Harry Leslie Holliday DFC RAF 66492 (NCO:755015 : Commission Gazetted Friday 13 June, 1941) [Evaded]
Pilot Officer Ernest Richard Walsh Wood DFM RAF 48814 (NCO:522761 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 02 June, 1942) [Evaded]
The DFC awarded to F/L Holliday was gained subsequently to this event. His RAF service was extended by four years, Gazetted October 1947.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z9232
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-May-2020 08:57 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 30-Jun-2023 14:10 | Nepa | Updated |
| 07-Oct-2025 07:45 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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