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| Date: | Saturday 11 October 1941 |
| Time: | 07:56 LT |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 58 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z9154 |
| MSN: | GE-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea off Callantsoog (near pole 13,5), Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire |
| RAF Linton-on-Ouse |
Takeoff at 00:35 hrs for an operation to Essen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by fighter pilot Leutnant Hans Möller of the 6./JG 53, who was flying a Bf 109F from Bergen airfield.
Three members of the crew are buried in Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery. Plt Off McDonald has no known grave:
Flt Sgt A R Robbins (KIA)
Sgt A W Cooper (KIA)
Plt Off D S McDonald RCAF (KIA)
Sgt T A Hamilton (KIA)
Sgt W H Sproule RCAF (POW)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1289&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 156.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-May-2016 16:53 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Nov-2018 12:44 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
| 04-Apr-2020 18:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
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