ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53217
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| Date: | Sunday 17 August 1941 |
| Time: | 02:47 |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z6577 |
| MSN: | EY-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ohé en Laak, Limburg -
 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 22:52 hrs.
The aircraft was caught by searchlights and intercepted by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Wilhelm Dimter of the Stab I./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield. The aircraft crashed on the west bank of the Juliana Kanaal at Ohe en Lak (Limburg) 14km SW of Roermond, Holland at 0247 hrs.
Pilot Sgt T.A. Sherman RCAF +
2nd Pilot Sgt G.L. Olsen RCAF +
Observer F/S R. Jopling +
Wireless Operator Sgt D.A. Wilson +
Rear Gunner Sgt D.F. Hawkes +
All the crew are buried in Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Google Maps
Nobody Unprepared - History of 78 Sqn Vernon Holland
4 Group Bomber Command - Chris Ward
Chorley's BCL
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 November 1941 | Z6948 | 78 Sqn RAF | 5 | between Oudemirdum and Nijemirdum, Friesland | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Oct-2013 19:41 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 13-Mar-2020 17:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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