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| Date: | Monday 21 September 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force |
| Registration: | Z6795 |
| MSN: | 2155 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Pentrez, Finistère -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Saint Eval |
| Saint Eval |
The airplane departed RAF St Eval on an anti-submarine sweep operation in the Atlantic Ocean. Due to fuel exhaustion, the crew was forced to make an emergency landing. The airplane crash landed on a beach in Pentrez. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Neville James Mundell, pilot,
W/O James Frederick Grier,
Sgt Hugh Gerald Philip Hart,
W/O Ian Gilchrist Keiller,
F/Sgt Kenneth George d'Arcy Farrell,
Sgt Eric James Christian, air gunner.
Sources:
https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-armstrong-whitworth-aw38-whitley-v-pentrez
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Aug-2025 16:00 | FlyWolf | Added |
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