ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 201415
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| Date: | Friday 13 March 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 77 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z9312 |
| MSN: | KN-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire |
Believed to have crashed into the North Sea. Sgt Pratley's was washed ashore at Whitby Yorkshire.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant William Arthur Murphy RCAF R/75144 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Arthur James Pratley RAFVR 1069915 [Killed]
Pilot Officer Derrick Bourchier Bailey RAFVR 108241 (NCO:1212599 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 11 November, 1941) [Killed]
Flight Sergeant James Eugene Gilfoy RCAF R/60244 [Killed]
Sergeant Edgar Cecil Reynolds RAFVR 911394 [Killed]
Sources:
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 July 1941 | Z6799 | 77 Sqn RAF | 4 | a wood near Orvelte, Drenthe |  |
w/o |
| 7 September 1941 | Z6668 | 77 Sqn RAF | 5 | Quakenbrück, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
| 30 September 1941 | Z9150 | 77 Sqn RAF | 5 | near the Levensauer Hochbrücke at Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
| 30 November 1941 | Z9299 | 77 Sqn RAF | 4 | Georgsheil, Südbrookmerland, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 27 December 1941 | Z9226 | 77 Sqn RAF | 5 | Viersen, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 27 December 1941 | Z6956 | 77 Sqn RAF | 1 | southeast of Kempen, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Nov-2017 19:36 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 11-Nov-2018 14:20 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 01-Mar-2019 17:37 | stehlik49 | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 12-Mar-2024 08:08 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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