ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53224
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| Date: | Friday 15 August 1941 |
| Time: | 03:20 |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 51 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z6819 |
| MSN: | MH-X |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea off Schiermonnikoog, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dishforth |
| RAF Dishforth |
Operation - Hannover, Germany. Took off from RAF Dishforth at 2148 hrs (local time). The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Helmut Lent of the 4./NJG 1, who was flying Bf 110 D-3 G9+FM from Leeuwarden airfield; crashed 0320 hrs off Schiermonnikoog in the Dutch Frisian Islands. Three bodies were washed ashore, but Sgt Wildgoose and Sgt Bagshaw have no know grave:
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Peter Ryland Griffin RAFVR 950620 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant Stephen Philip Donoghue RAFVR 1151173 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Francis Gill RAFVR 935706 [Killed]
Sergeant George Edward Bagshaw RAFVR 955016 [Killed]
Sergeant Frank Brian Harris Wildgoose RAFVR 1169109 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1190&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 117.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-May-2016 06:27 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Nov-2018 13:05 | stehlik49 | Updated [Time, Operator] |
| 03-Mar-2020 14:53 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2022 00:28 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 30-Mar-2024 15:11 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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