ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53155
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| Date: | Sunday 7 September 1941 |
| Time: | 01:25 |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z6881 |
| MSN: | EY-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Burgum, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George, County Durham |
The crew were briefed to attack a chemical factory at Hüls (Krefeld) in Nordrhein-Westfalen. The ATD of the aircraft from RAF Middleton St. George, County Durham was 2037
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Helmut Lent of the 4./NJG 1, who was flying Bf 110 D-3 G9+FM from Leeuwarden airfield.
Pilot P/O F.B. Thorpe +
2nd Pilot Sgt C.V. Matheson +
Observer Sgt D.V. Logan RAAF +
Wireless Operator Sgt G. Carman RNZAF +
Rear Gunner Sgt C.J. Storer +
The crew are all buried in Tietjerksteradeel (Bergum) Protestant Chuchyard, the Netherlands
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1253&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Nobody Unprepared - History of 78 Sqn Vernon Holland
4 Group Bomber Command - Chris Ward
Chorley's BCL
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 July 1941 | Z6555 | 78 Sqn RAF | 5 | North Sea 60 km NW of Vlieland, Friesland | |
mis |
| 17 August 1941 | Z6754 | 78 Sqn RAF | 5 | Buggenum, Limburg | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Oct-2013 20:23 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Mar-2020 16:07 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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