ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53829
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| Date: | Tuesday 20 August 1940 |
| Time: | 02:37 LT |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 51 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P4968 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Noordoostpolder, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dishforth, North Yorkshire |
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk.V P4968 ("MH-P") of 51 Sqaudron RAF. Written off (destroyed) 20-8-1940 when lost on combat operations and crashed into the Noordoostpolder, near Hoorn, Zuiderzee, Netherlands. After taking off from RAF Dishforth, North Yorkshire at 20:10 hours to bomb the electricity generating station at Zohornewitz. Wireless R/T transmissions indicated that the crew of the Whitley bombed their primary target, and were on the return trip when the aircraft came down
At 01:42 hours a distress call was made from Whitley P4968 - it appears that, at this point the pilot was forced to ditch the Whitley in the shallow waters of the Ijesselmeer. All five crew survived, were captured and taken as POWs. After five years in various POW camps, all five crew survived the war, and were repatriated in 1945.
Sources:
1. http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1940%20sec_tcm5-7281.pdf
2. http://www.aircrewremembered.com/brodie-peter-gascoyne.html
3. https://studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/19-20-08-1940-sglo-t0785-armstrong-whitworth-whitley-mk-v-p4968-mh/
4. https://www.flevolanderfgoed.nl/home/erfgoed/noordoostpolder-2/vliegtuigwrakken-3/armstrong-whithworth-whitley-mk-v-p4968.html
5. Air Ministry File AIR 81/1119 at PRO Kew: http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?23493-AIR81-File-Listings/page2&styleid=3
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Oct-2018 20:32 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Nov-2018 13:06 | stehlik49 | Updated [Time, Operator, Narrative] |
| 30-Jul-2019 18:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location] |
| 31-Jul-2019 05:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
| 15-Jun-2022 17:27 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 17-Jun-2022 21:10 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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