ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52530
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| Date: | Thursday 17 September 1942 |
| Time: | 02:28 LT |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 10 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | P4931 |
| MSN: | RK-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 20 km off Domburg, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Abingdon |
Took off from RAF Abingdon at 20:13 hrs local time for an operation against the Krupp works at Essen in Germany.
The aircraft was last heard transmitting SOS at 01:28.
The aircraft had been attacked by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Gerhard Stämmler of the 8./NJG 2 based at Gilze-Rijen airfield - North Sea 20 km northwest of Domburg at 02:12 (CET). In the attack, the aircraft lost its port engine and could not maintain height, making a perfect ditching about 15 minutes later.
The crew were spotted the following day at 19:45 in a dinghy near Westenschouwen at Burgh-Haamstede:
Pilot: NZ/414379 WO Lloyd Arthur Death RNZAF - PoW/Stalag 344 Lamsdorf/PoW Number 27183.
Observer: 126500 Plt Off William Lionel Merryfield - PoW/Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria/PoW Number 714. (NCO:1242198 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 06 October, 1942)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: R/93786 Sgt Clifford Oliver Simonson RCAF - PoW/Stalag 344
Lamsdorf/PoW Number 27182.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: R/10004 Sgt Anthony Restivo RCAF - PoW/Stalag 344 Lamsdorf/PoW Number 27153.
Air Gunner: J/8800 Flt Lt William Leslie Kell RCAF - PoW/Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria/PoW Number 709.
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1850
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 19-Sep-2017 07:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Aug-2019 20:27 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Jun-2020 07:43 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-May-2023 11:06 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Time, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]] |
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