ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53212
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| Date: | Sunday 17 August 1941 |
| Time: | 03:15 |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z6823 |
| MSN: | EY-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Velddriel, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Middleton St. George |
The crew were briefed to attack Koln. The ATD of the aircraft from RAF Middleton St. George, County Durham was 22:56 hrs.
The aircraft was hit by Flakgruppe Vlaardingen (Zuid-Holland province) and crashed at Velddriel (Gelderland province).
The Flak claim is highly unlikely because the bomber flew over Noord-Limburg where Asprey jumped plane. The bomber was damaged and returned for home but crashed at Velddriel. So how could Flakgruppe Vlaardingen claim this one?? They could never ever see this plane crash from their position in Vlaardingen!!
Pilot F/L J.A. Cant POW
2nd Pilot P/O J.L. Asprey RAAF +
Observer Sgt W.E. Kerr POW
Wireless Operator Sgt A.D. Wills +
Rear Gunner Sgt J. Geary POW
P/O Asprey RAAF rests in the Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Nijmegen, the Netherlands whilst Sgt Wills rests in Woensel General Cemetery, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
F/L Cant was interned in Stalag Luft 3 (Sagan) This was later the site of the infamous “Great Escape”
Sgt Kerr was interned in Stalag Luft 6 (Heydekrug) Sgt Geary was interned in Stalag 357 (Kopernikus)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Nobody Unprepared - History of 78 Sqn Vernon Holland
4 Group Bomber Command - Chris Ward
Chorley's BCL
https://studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/bulletin-322-abschuss-bord-van-een-duitse-luchtdoelbatterij-in-vlaardingen/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Oct-2013 19:41 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-May-2016 06:27 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn] |
| 21-Aug-2018 12:05 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source] |
| 13-Mar-2020 17:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jul-2020 08:25 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 31-Dec-2020 10:24 | Ronny | Updated [Narrative] |
| 25-Feb-2021 11:30 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
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