ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53321
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| Date: | Monday 7 July 1941 |
| Time: | 03:55 |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 77 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z6642 |
| MSN: | KN-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Epe, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Topcliffe, North Yorkshire |
| RAF Topcliffe |
Mission-Dortmund. Took off from RAF Topcliffe at 2238 hrs. Crashed 0355 hrs at Epe (Gelderland), 16 km NNE of Apeldoorn, Holland. Sgt Harwood received a severe facial injury, caused either by the trailing aeriel or from a part of his parachute harness.
Crew
Sgt N C Bisley (POW)
Sgt W J Haslam RCAF (POW)
Sgt G C Carter (POW)
Sgt W Petch (POW)
Sgt W H E Harwood (POW)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1089&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 84.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 August 1940 | P5053 | 77 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Driffield, East Yorkshire, England |  |
w/o |
| 6 November 1940 | T4151 | 77 Sqn RAF | 0 | 8 miles east of North Shields, Northumberland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-May-2016 19:11 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Sep-2018 19:16 | Anon. | Updated [Cn] |
| 11-Nov-2018 14:13 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 08-Jul-2019 08:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Phase, Source] |
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