ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53215
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| Date: | Sunday 17 August 1941 |
| Time: | 02:47 LT |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z6754 |
| MSN: | EY-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Buggenum, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Middleton St, George |
The crew were briefed to attack Koln. The ATD of the aircraft from RAF Middleton St. George, County Durham was 23:05 hrs.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and intercepted by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Werner Streib of the Stab I./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield. The aircraft crashed at Buggenum (Limburg) 5km NNW of Roermond.
Pilot Sgt J.H. Malet-Warden +
2nd Pilot Sgt J.C. Beardmore +
Observer Sgt A.J.R. Millard-Tucker +
Wireless Operator Sgt G.H.P. Buchanon RCAF +
Rear Gunner F/S A. Brown +
All the crew are buried in Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Google Maps
Nobody Unprepared - History of 78 Sqn Vernon Holland
4 Group Bomber Command - Chris Ward
Chorley's BCL
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 July 1941 | Z6555 | 78 Sqn RAF | 5 | North Sea 60 km NW of Vlieland, Friesland | |
mis |
| 7 September 1941 | Z6881 | 78 Sqn RAF | 5 | near Burgum, Friesland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Oct-2013 20:23 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Mar-2020 17:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Mar-2020 17:16 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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