ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53222
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Date: | Friday 15 August 1941 |
Time: | 01:17 |
Type: | Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
Owner/operator: | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | Z6842 |
MSN: | DY-A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Terwispel, Friesland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Topcliffe |
Destination airport: | RAF Topcliffe |
Narrative:Mission : Hannover. Took off from RAF Topcliffe at 2202 hrs. The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Ludwig Becker of the 4./NJG 1, who was flying Do 215 B-5 G9+OM from Leeuwarden airfield; crashed 0117 hrs at Terwispel (Friesland), 10 km SSW of Drachten.
Flt Lt D N Sampson (POW)
Sgt J D Hamilton (POW)
Sgt E Alderton (POW)
Sgt W J Scott (POW)
Sgt K G Lewis (POW)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1188&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
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Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 118.
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
06-May-2016 06:27 |
Red Dragon |
Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
14-Oct-2018 17:07 |
Nepa |
Updated [Time, Operator, Operator] |
03-Mar-2020 13:34 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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