Date:	Wednesday 3 September 1941
Time:
Type:	Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V
Owner/operator:	58 Sqn RAF
Registration:	Z6869
MSN:	GE-T
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Turnbull Farm, Broomhill, Northumberland, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire
Destination airport:	RAF Acklington, Northumberland

Narrative:
Aircraft was part of the 4th wave of 140 aircraft enroute to Brest, their intended targets were the German battle cruisers Scharnhorst, Gneisenau & the light cruiser Prinz Eugen.
All aircraft of 1, 4 & 5 groups were recalled because of worsening weather conditions. Z6869 GE-T was diverted to RAF Acklington. On approach to the North/West runway, in the dark & fog, the aircraft undershot, stalled and collided with trees 1 mile short of the runway.

Crew:
P/O Andrew Allison Law RAF +
F/Sgt. Wallace Howard Trewin RCAF +
Sgt. Robert Lawrence Ward RCAF +
Sgt. Charles Oliver Steggall RAF +
P/Off Edward Dmitri Comber-Higgs RAF

Births, deaths & Marriages Register.
P/O A.A. Law's Brother, Thomas law.
family of St. C.O. Steggall.
Bomber command war diaries 1939-1945 3/4Sept 1941
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft W1000 - Z9999, published 1998

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
03-Feb-2009 12:17	Chris	Added
22-Jul-2009 22:13	Anon.	Updated
30-Dec-2011 15:50	Uli Elch	Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
23-Jan-2012 03:54	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, ]
15-May-2024 11:02	Nepa	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator, ]