ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53402
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| Date: | Thursday 27 March 1941 |
| Time: | 23:05 |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z6470 |
| MSN: | EY-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Sevenum, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dishforth, North Yorkshire |
The crew were briefed to attack Dusseldorf. The ATD of the aircraft from RAF Dishforth, Yorkshire was 1929
Z6470/EY-G was last heard on the W/T at 2137. It was coned by searchlights and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Gerhard Herzog of the 3./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Eindhoven airfield.
Pilot P/O K.F. Seager +
2nd Pilot Sgt A.K. Mills +
Observer Sub/Lt (A) P.J. Hoad MiD RN +
Wireless Operator Sgt E.A.F. Grunsell MiD +
Rear Gunner Sgt J. Mitchell +
All are buried in Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=Z6470&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] |
| 25-Mar-2019 20:41 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Mar-2019 20:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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