ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53265
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| Date: | Saturday 26 July 1941 |
| Time: | 02:35 |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z6866 |
| MSN: | DY-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Maurik, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Topcliffe |
| RAF Topcliffe |
Mission:Hanover. Took off from RAF Topcliffe at 2230 hrs. Hit by flak and crashed 0235 hrs at Maurik (Gelderland), 14 km ENE of Culemborg, Holland.
Sgt H G Benfield (POW)
Plt Off I P B Denton (POW)
Sgt K S Carter (POW)
Sgt W R Gibson (POW)
Sgt R V Harnett (POW)
Sources:
http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1941%20sec_tcm5-7282.pdf
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 103.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 September 1941 | Z6837 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 5 | Molenstede, Diest, Flemish Brabant |  |
w/o |
| 8 November 1941 | Z9212 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 3 | Wildenrath, Wegberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 30 November 1941 | Z6800 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 4 | south of Klein Königsförde, Krummwisch, Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-May-2016 20:01 | 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] |
| 26-Jul-2019 17:41 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
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