ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 224821
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| Date: | Friday 9 May 1941 |
| Time: | 02:36 LT |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | T4147 |
| MSN: | EY-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near the Heisfelder Straße road, Leer, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George, County Durham |
Takeoff at 22:25 for an operation to Bremen, Germany.
Hit by a night fighter (Feldwebel Heinrich Säwert of the 3./NJG 3, who was flying a Bf 110 from Vechta airfield) and by Marine Flak.
The crew is buried at the Sage War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=T4147
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-May-2019 11:04 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 08-May-2019 06:43 | stehlík49 | Updated [Operator] |
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