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| Date: | Friday 25 September 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force |
| Registration: | Z9131 |
| MSN: | 2270 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sévigny-Waleppe, Ardennes -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Tempsford |
| Tempsford |
The airplane departed RAF Tempsford in the evening of September 24 on a Special Operation. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Sévigny-Waleppe. A crew was killed, three became PoW and three evaded.
Crew:
P/O Cyril Denys Boothby, pilot,
Sgt Lawrence Cecil George Quirk, pilot,
P/O John Rayson, navigator,
P/O Lewis George Alfred Reed, wireless operator,
Sgt Colin Ian Blyth, air gunner,
F/Sgt Percy George Clayton, air gunner,
Sgt Ronald Eden Franklin, air gunner.
Sources:
https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-armstrong-whitworth-aw38-whitley-v-sevigny-waleppe-1-killed
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Aug-2025 16:00 | FlyWolf | Added |
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