ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 237137
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| Date: | Friday 26 May 1944 |
| Time: | 00:15 |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 19 OCU RAF |
| Registration: | ED384 ZV-U |
| MSN: | - |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Glen Esk, 10 miles SE of Ballater, Aberdeenshire, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kinloss (EGQK), Morayshire |
| - |
The aircraft was on a cross country navigation/fighter affiliation exercise out of RAF Kinloss, Moray, when, possibly due to icing, it crashed and burned out in Glen Esk, Scotland, killing the six aircrew, Pilot, Fg. Off. Raymond Fraser Edwards, RCAF. Navigator, Fg. Off. Burghardt Hans Dobesch, RCAF. Bomb Aimer, Sgt. Noel Thompson Kester, RCAF. Air Gunner, Sgt. Thomas Edward Ramsay Donnelly, RCAF. Air Gunner, Sgt. James Eugene Gray, RCAF and Air Gunner, Sgt. Leslie Norman Gurden, RAF.
The port outer wing section of ED384, was recovered by the 'Wartime Aircraft Recovery Group' and is displayed in the Sleap Airfield, Museum, Shropshire.
Sources:
Wartime Aircraft Recovery Group Museum, Sleap Airfield, Shropshire
http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/projects.htm
htt3p://www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/details.php?qnum=24958
http://www.griffon.clara.net/19/whitley_losses.htm
http://www.walkscotland.com/aircrash.htm
Images:
Wartime Aircraft Recovery Group Museum, Sleap Airfield, Shropshire - 28th July 2013
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Jun-2020 17:43 | Peter Clarke | Added |
| 07-Jul-2020 21:29 | MIG21 | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Operator] |
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