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Date: | Wednesday 9 July 1941 |
Time: | 02:51 LT |
Type: | Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | Z6555 |
MSN: | EY-? |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
Location: | North Sea 60 km NW of Vlieland, Friesland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George, County Durham |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 23:03 hrs for an operation to Hamm, Germany.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Rudolf Schoenert of the 4./NJG 1, who was flying Bf 110 C-7 G9+WM from Bergen airfield.
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Oliver Wiley McLean RAAF Aus/404112 [Missing in action]. Runnymede Memorial, panel 62.
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Kenneth Noddle RAFVR 910919 [Killed]. Burried at Kirkeby Kirkegard, Denmark.
Crew : Sergeant Louis Byrne RAF 1377672 [Missing in action]. Runnymede Memorial, panel 40.
Crew : Sergeant Clifford Mackenzie Martin RCAF R/64471 [Missing in action] Runnymede Memorial, panel 61.
Crew : Pilot Officer Herbert Hutin Mountain RAFVR 86428 [Missing in action] (NCO:751256 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 05 November, 1940). Runnymede Memorial, panel 33.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z6555 Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/218924 Faldne allierede flyvere 1939-1945 (Anders Bjornvad)
https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/204094 https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/217991 https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/220192
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
08-Jul-2019 11:33 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
08-Jul-2019 11:34 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Cn] |
08-Jul-2019 14:31 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator] |
15-Jun-2022 04:43 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
08-Jul-2023 05:30 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [[Location]] |
22-Apr-2024 07:48 |
Anon. |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |