ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53388
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| Date: | Saturday 17 May 1941 |
| Time: | 02:34 |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z6493 |
| MSN: | EY-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sevenum, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George, County Durham |
The crew were briefed to attack Köln, Germany. Takeoff at 22:43 local time.
Z6493/EY-V was coned by searchlights, intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Eberhard Pross of the 3./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 D-3 from Venlo airfield.
The Messerschmitt was badly damaged in return fire however, its pilot being killed in a crash-landing at Venlo airfield.
The crew are all buried at the Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Nijmegen, the Netherlands:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer John Aubrey Trevor Garrould RAFVR 60818 [Killed] (NCO:903066 Commission Gazetted : Friday 07 March, 1941)
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Robert Sydney Langston Keymer RAFVR 948441 [Killed]
Observer : Flight Sergeant Reginald James Garlish RAFVR 759206 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Edward Oakes RAFVR 975986 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Alexander Plant Smith RAF 653803 [Killed]
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1035&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
Nobody Unprepared - History of 78 Sqn Vernon Holland
4 Group Bomber Command - Chris Ward
Chorley's BCL
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Oct-2013 19:43 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-May-2019 06:53 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jun-2023 18:59 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Cn, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]] |
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