Accident Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V Z9205, Saturday 8 November 1941
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Date:Saturday 8 November 1941
Time:05:32 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic whtl model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
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/timeContributorUpdates
05-Nov-2021 15:23 TigerTimon Added
03-Jul-2024 17:40 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative, ]

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