ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 201412
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| Date: | Thursday 12 March 1942 |
| Time: | 23:44 claim |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 77 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z9293 |
| MSN: | KN-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea N of Terschelling, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire |
Operation - Emden, Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Lothar Linke of the 5./NJG 2, who had taken off from Leeuwarden airfield.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer James Spalding RAFVR 104503 (NCO:1375763 : Commission Gazetted Friday 19 September, 1941) [Killed]
Sergeant Joseph William Dale RAFVR 1001426 [Killed]
Sergeant Edmond Patrick Hanrahan RAFVR 1199498 [Killed]
Pilot Officer Michael Owen Ogier RAFVR 102584 (NCO:931400 : Commission Gazetted Friday 29 August, 1941) [Killed]
Sergeant James Monkman Parker RAFVR 985473 [Killed]
All the crew are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial:
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z9293
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 September 1940 | N1431 | 77 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire, England |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Nov-2017 19:22 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 11-Nov-2018 14:19 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 01-Mar-2019 17:37 | stehlik49 | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 14-Apr-2020 09:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Registration, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Jun-2022 23:16 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 12-Mar-2024 08:07 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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