ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53560
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| Date: | Saturday 10 May 1941 |
| Time: | 03:05 LT |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 51 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P5106 |
| MSN: | MH-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Budel, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dishforth |
| Ludwigshafen |
Took off from RAF Dishforth at 21:59 for an operation to Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Reinhold Knacke of the 2./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield.
Crew
Pilot: 83257 Plt Off Peter Myers - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot FF Grave 5.
2nd Pilot: 912105 Sgt Henry Gallaugher Browne - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot FF Grave 6.
Observer: 754444 Sgt Bernard Kipling - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot FF Grave 8.
Wireless Operator: 751875 Sgt George Arthur Selby - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot FF Grave 7.
Wireless Operator: 939087 Flt Sgt Arthur Jackson - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot FF Grave 9.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1027&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
RAF Bomber Command Losses 1941.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 November 1941 | Z6839 | 51 Sqn RAF | 0 | between Bierum and 't Zandt, Groningen prv | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-Oct-2018 17:12 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Nov-2018 13:06 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Destination airport] |
| 04-Nov-2018 13:06 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 08-May-2019 07:44 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Jun-2022 11:50 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 12-Jun-2022 22:53 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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