ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 22167
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| Date: | Monday 21 October 1940 |
| Time: | 06:15 |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 58 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | T4171 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Botton Head on Ingleby Greenhow Moor, North Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse (EGXU) |
Took off at 1900hrs. On return from a bombing mission on the Skoda Works, Pilsen, a/c crashed into a steep hillside after being shot down by Hptmn Karl Hülshoff of 1/NJG2.
41550 F/O Ernest Henry Brown RAF pilot killed
745662 Sgt Leonard Frank Percy Adlam RAFVR pilot killed
902238 Sgt Marcel Cuthbert Caryll-Tilkin RAF air gunner killed
747715 Sgt Cyril Sidney Garrick Green RAFVR observer (DoI 23.10.40),
Sgt R E Langfield RAF wireless operator injured
Sources:
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft T1000 - V9999, published 1997
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Aug-2008 23:22 | Anon. | Added |
| 08-Jan-2012 07:24 | Uli Elch | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Jan-2012 03:39 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
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