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| Date: | Saturday 8 November 1941 |
| Time: | 05:32 LT |
| Type: | Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 58 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z9205 |
| MSN: | GE- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Diekshörn (Ramhusen) / Eddelak; Schleswig-Holstein -
Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire |
| Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Took off at 22:50 local time for an operation against Berlin.
On return, hit by a Reserve-Flak-Abteilung and a Marine-Flak-Abteilung; crashed.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Douglas Edwin William Brown RAFVR 64288 (NCO:926728 : Commission Gazetted Friday 16 May, 1941) [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Edwin Frederick Gresham RAFVR 1285564 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant Bernard John Monk RAFVR 917421 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Norman Fenton RAFVR 952943 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant James Henry Atkin RAFVR 1378489 [Killed]
All five rest in the Kiel War Cemetery, Germany (54.345657 / 10.124720)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z9205&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
| 05-Nov-2021 15:23 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
| 03-Jul-2024 17:40 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |