ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53032
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| Date: | Saturday 27 December 1941 |
| Time: | 19:57 |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 77 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z9306 |
| MSN: | KN-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Zwarte Haan hamlet, Sint Jacobiparochie, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire |
| RAF Leeming |
Took off from RAF Leeming at 16:53 hrs local time for an operation to Düsseldorf in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Paul Gildner of the 5./NJG 2, who had taken off from Leeuwarden airfield.
Those who died are buried in Sint Jacobiparochie General Cemetery:
Plt Off C A C Havelock (KIA)
Flt Sgt E D Ozment RCAF (KIA)
Sgt M Shuttleworth (KIA)
Sgt D M Godard (POW)
Sgt E Fieldsend (KIA)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1365&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 196.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 November 1940 | T4205 | 77 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Topcliffe, North Yorkshire, England |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 16-May-2016 19:37 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2018 14:14 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 11-Nov-2018 14:14 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 13-Apr-2020 16:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Apr-2020 17:16 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
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