ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52971
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| Date: | Friday 27 February 1942 |
| Time: | 22:58 |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 77 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z9280 |
| MSN: | KN-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Van Sytzamawei road, Driezum, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire |
Operation - Wilhelmshaven, Germany
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Heinz Vinke of the 5./NJG 2, who was flying from Leeuwarden airfield.
Those who perished were buried with military honours on 2 March 1942 in Dantumadeel (Driesum) Protestant Churchyard.
Crew:
Pilot:37982 Sqn Ldr Leslie Hugh William Parkin DFC - Dantumadeel (Driesum) Protestant Churchyard Row 15. Joint grave 35.
Pilot:655186 Sgt Douglas John Sandlin - Dantumadeel (Driesum) Protestant Churchyard Row 15. Grave 34.
Observer:564839 Flt Sgt Robert Charles Hancock PoW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. PoW Number 24748.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:993807 Sgt Wilfred Whittam - Dantumadeel (Driesum) Protestant Churchyard Row 15. Joint grave 35.
Air Gunner:547933 Sgt Edmund Sidney Ayton - Dantumadeel (Driesum) Protestant Churchyard Row 15. Grave 33.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1426&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft W1000 - Z9999, published 1998
https://www.asisbiz.com/Luftwaffe/njg2.html
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/parkin-leslie.html
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942.
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Apr-2009 11:24 | Pat Jackson | Updated |
| 23-Apr-2009 10:09 | Pat Hancock Jackson | Updated |
| 03-Jan-2012 03:41 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Jan-2013 06:45 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 25-Feb-2017 16:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Jan-2018 12:09 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2018 14:17 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 16-Feb-2019 16:24 | Cobar | Updated [Embed code] |
| 05-Nov-2019 19:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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