ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53563
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| Date: | Friday 9 May 1941 |
| Time: | 02:47 LT |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P4946 |
| MSN: | ZA-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea off Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming |
| RAF Leeming |
Took off from RAF Leeming at 2251 hrs. Signalled operation completed at 0159 hrs, but subsequently ditched off the Dutch coast after being hit by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Paul Gildner of the 4./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Leeuwarden airfield.
All five crew members were taken prisoner of war:
Pilot - Plt Off George Ronald Guest 85248 (NCO:754546, Gazette of 15th October 1940)
Co-Pilot - Sgt C A Stickland
Observer - Sgt M C Newlyn
Wireless op - Sgt William Gardner 966766
Air gunner - Sgt Ronald Richard Hanson 553462
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1024&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Royal Air Force Bomber Command of the Second World War 1941 Page 52.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 June 1940 | P4962 | 10 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Topcliffe, North Yorkshire, England |  |
sub |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Apr-2016 20:00 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2017 07:29 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 07-May-2019 11:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Sep-2021 13:11 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2022 17:18 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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