ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53223
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Date: | Friday 15 August 1941 |
Time: | 04:48 |
Type: | Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
Owner/operator: | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | Z6829 |
MSN: | DY-F |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | North Sea 8 km WSW of Terschelling, Friesland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Topcliffe |
Destination airport: | RAF Topcliffe |
Narrative:Operation - Hannover, Germany. Took off from RAF Dishforth at 2218 hrs (local time). The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Paul Gildner of the 4./NJG 1, who was flying Do 215 B-5 G9+NM from Leeuwarden airfield; crashed 0448 hrs in the Waddenzee S of Terschelling. Those who died are buried on the island in the Westerschelling General Cemetery. Sgt Penn RAAF needed treatment for his wounds:
Sgt G K Powell (KIA)
Sgt F W Penn RAAF (POW)
Plt Off W W Bell-Towers RAAF (KIA)
Sgt R T Philip (KIA)
Flt Sgt L E D Lindsay (KIA)
Sgt T A Vermiglio (POW)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1189&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= Google Maps
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 118.
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
06-May-2016 07:54 |
Red Dragon |
Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
14-Oct-2018 17:06 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
03-Mar-2020 15:05 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
14-Jun-2022 23:35 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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