ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 22181
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| Date: | Wednesday 11 September 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 77 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N1431 |
| MSN: | KN-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Topcliffe |
| RAF Leeming |
(KN-D) The aircraft overshot its landing on return from operations and crashed into a tented area on the airfield killing three people
41912 P/O Peter Ernest Eldridge RAF pilot ok
Sub Lt (A) Peter Owen Williams RN pilot ok
580883 Sgt Victor Charles Cowley RAF observer ok
620421 Sgt Frank Crawford RAF wireless operator ok
637484 Sgt Raymond Carter Dawson RAF air gunner ok
Sources:
Whitley production list
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 March 1942 | Z9293 | 77 Sqn RAF | 5 | North Sea N of Terschelling, Friesland |  |
mis |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Aug-2008 23:22 | Anon. | Added |
| 09-May-2013 06:30 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
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