ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53216
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| Date: | Sunday 17 August 1941 |
| Time: | 04:20 |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 58 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z6729 |
| MSN: | GE-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | road Breda - Zundert, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire |
| RAF Linton-on-Ouse |
Mission : Koln. Took off from RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2344 hrs. Shot down by a night-fighter (Oblt Willi Dimter I./NJG1) and crashed 0420 hrs near the Diacomessen Hospital at Breda (Noord Brabant) Holland. Earlier at 0254 hrs the bomber crew was heard on w/t asking for a bearing but RAF Bircham Newton's reply was not acknowledge.
Crew
Sgt B A Hammond (POW)
Sgt R D Wagstaff (POW)
Sgt J B Mackerson (POW)
Sgt S E Davidson (POW)
Sgt T A Nichols (POW)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1199&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World war 1941 Page 120.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 September 1941 | Z6869 | 58 Sqn RAF | 4 | Turnbull Farm, Broomhill, Northumberland |  |
w/o |
| 11 October 1941 | Z9154 | 58 Sqn RAF | 4 | North Sea off Callantsoog (near pole 13,5), Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-May-2016 06:28 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2018 12:44 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 13-Mar-2020 17:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source] |
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