ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52963
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| Date: | Thursday 12 March 1942 |
| Time: | 23:04 |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 58 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z9227 |
| MSN: | GE-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | S of Ameland, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 19:15 hrs local time for an operation to Emden in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Ludwig Becker of the 6./NJG 2, who had taken off from Leeuwarden airfield.
The Whitley crashed into the Waddenzee between the mainland and Ameland at 23:04.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Ian Alexander Bruce Johnstone RAFVR 104532 (NCO:1365698 : Commission Gazetted Friday 19 September, 1941) [Killed] Jonkerbos War Cemetery Netherlands 8. J. 4.
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Charles Ronald Spence RNZAF NZ/41371 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial Panel 118
Observer : Sergeant Thomas William Weeks RAFVR 1102282 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial Panel 96
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Bernard John Dykes RAFVR 963881 [Killed] Ameland (NES) General Cemetery Plot D. Row 15. Grave 6.
Air Gunner : Sergeant Norman Harry Webster RAF 531880 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial Panel 96.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1435&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
https://www.asisbiz.com/Luftwaffe/njg2.html
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 July 1940 | N1461 | 58 Sqn RAF | 4 | Kiel, Schleswig Holstein |  |
w/o |
| 30 September 1941 | Z6944 | 58 Sqn RAF | 5 | Elbe river at Hamburg-Altengamme (probably) | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 11-Mar-2017 15:52 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Mar-2017 11:54 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 24-Mar-2017 14:33 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-Nov-2017 20:04 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2018 12:46 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 14-Apr-2020 09:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Jun-2022 10:05 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 12-Mar-2024 07:58 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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