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| Date: | Thursday 15 August 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley B Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 51 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P4982 |
| MSN: | MH- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Langley, Buckinghamshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dishforth, North Yorkshire |
| RAF Dishforth, North Yorkshire |
After bomging an oil storage depot at Bec d'Ambès, France, the bomber flew into balloon barrage cables near Langley. Killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O Stanley Powell SWENSEN (40328) - killed
Sgt Anthony Kyle DAWSON (745180) - killed
Sgt John Barrie O'BRIEN (550672) - killed
Sgt Laurence Paul STUBBERFIELD (751322) - killed
Sgt Richard Albert William TAIT (751664) - killed
Sources:
1.Bomber Command Losses (1939-1940) WR Chorley, page 99
2.CWGC
3.Henk Welting's database (rafcommands.com)
4.AIR81/2595
5.https://caspir.warplane.com/personnel/unit-search/p/600019644/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Aug-2025 16:26 | MMR | Added |
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