ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53820
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| Date: | Sunday 25 August 1940 |
| Time: | 03:00 LT |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 77 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N1473 |
| MSN: | KN- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | IJweg 689, Vijfhuizen, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Cottam, East Yorkshire |
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk.V N1473 (KN-N) of 77 Squadron, RAF. Written off (destroyed) 25-08-1940 when lost on combat operations.
N1473 was shot down by flak over Noord Holland,2km from Vijfhuizen, on September 25th 1940. (Target: Augsburg, Germany). All five crew were killed. Crew of Whitley N1473 were:
Sgt. James Walter Ward RAFVR (Pilot, Service Number 741435, aged 24) - KIA
Pilot Officer Charles James Drogo Montague DFC (Pilot, Service Number 41863, aged 19) - KIA (Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 28 November, 1939)
Sgt. Edwin Jack Clarke (WOp/Air gunner, Service Number 759120, aged 20) - KIA
Sgt. Ronald Trevor Penny (Observer, Service Number 751121, aged 23) - KIA
Sgt. Arthur Frank Webber (WOp/Air gunner, Service Number 647419, aged 21) - KIA
The bodies of all five were recovered and buried at Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery.
Sources:
1. https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0791&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
2. http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=N1473
3. https://studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/24-25-08-1940-sglo-t0791-armstrong-whitworth-whitley-mk-v-n1473-kn/
4. https://aviationtrails.wordpress.com/2017/04/16/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2619734/ward,-james-walter/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2619649/montagu,-charles-james-drogo/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2619541/clarke,-edwin-jack/
8. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2619670/penny,-ronald-trevor/
9. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2619741/webber,-arthur-frank/
10.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 June 1941 | Z6630 | 77 Sqn RAF | 5 | Ackermannstraße road, Hamburg |  |
w/o |
| 28 June 1941 | Z6647 | 77 Sqn RAF | 5 | Dollern, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Oct-2018 20:57 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2018 14:06 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Operator] |
| 20-Mar-2019 12:42 | Cobar | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 31-Jul-2019 05:44 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Aug-2022 08:12 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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