ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 224952
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| Date: | Sunday 11 May 1941 |
| Time: | 02:48 LT |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P5048 |
| MSN: | ZA-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near the Platenhörn road, Witzwort, Schleswig-Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 22:25 LT for an operation to Hamburg, Germany.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Reinhold Eckardt of the 6./NJG 1 (based at Stade airfield), who was flying a Bf 110.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Peter Beckford Gough RAF 42599 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 19 September, 1939) [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Frederick Gordon Stewart RAFVR 969410 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant Leonard Manchip RAFVR 745198 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Robert Richardson RAFVR 976613 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Desmond Frank Fitzwilliam Watson RAF 552237 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
Aircrew Remembered - http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=P5048
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-May-2019 20:58 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 12-May-2019 12:16 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 15-Mar-2024 15:55 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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