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| Date: | Friday 31 October 1941 |
| Time: | 23:50 |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 51 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z9141 |
| MSN: | MH-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Eendrachtweg, De Cocksdorp, Texel, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dishforth |
| RAF Dishforth |
Mission : Hamburg. Took off from RAF Dishforth at 1739 hrs. Last heard on W/T at 2152 hrs. Shot down by a night-fighter (Ofw Paul Gildner 4./NJG1) and crashed 2350 hrs N of the dam on the Dutch island of Texel, where the crew are buried in Den Burg General Cemetery.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Eric Arthur Barsby RAFVR 84318 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Pilot Officer Stanley David Steel RNZAF NZ/404424 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant Jack Harris Knight RAFVR 918519 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Eric Warburton RCAF R/56900 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Vincent Sature RCAF R/52027 [Killed]
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1322&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 170.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 15-May-2016 13:38 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Nov-2018 13:05 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 10-Apr-2020 13:57 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source, ] |
| 15-Jun-2022 05:18 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 15-Jun-2022 05:19 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 10-Dec-2024 07:51 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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