ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53388
Last updated: 15 January 2020
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| Date: | 17-MAY-1941 |
| Time: | 02:34 |
| Type: | Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Squadron Royal Air Force (78 Sqn RAF) |
| Registration: | Z6493 |
| C/n / msn: | EY-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Sevenum, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George, County Durham |
The crew were briefed to attack Köln, Germany. Takeoff at 22:43 local time.
Z6493/EY-V was coned by searchlights, intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Eberhard Pross of the 3./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 D-3 from Venlo airfield.
The Messerschmitt was badly damaged in return fire however, its pilot being killed in a crash-landing at Venlo airfield.
The crew are all buried at the Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Nijmegen, the Netherlands:
Pilot P/O J.T.A. Garrould +
2nd Pilot Sgt R.S.L. Keymer +
Observer F/S R.J. Garnish +
Wireless Operator Sgt E. Oakes +
Rear Gunner F/S A.P. Smith +
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1035&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
Nobody Unprepared - History of 78 Sqn Vernon Holland
4 Group Bomber Command - Chris Ward
Chorley's BCL
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Oct-2013 19:43 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-May-2019 06:53 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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