ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 169569
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| Date: | Tuesday 23 May 1944 |
| Time: | 00:30 |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 24 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | AD701 |
| MSN: | TY-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sées -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Long Marston |
| Nickel Sortie Alencon Region France |
Shot down by German flak during a nickel mission, it was to drop leaflets warning French civilians of imminent bombardments of strategic targets. All of the crew are buried in Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery.
Crew
Pilot: J/25874 Fg Off David Webster Goodwin RCAF - Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery Plot XXVII Row G Collective Grave 4-7.
Navigator: J/37185 Plt Off Joseph Hong RCAF - Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery Plot XXVII Row G Collective Grave 4-7.
Bomb Aimer: J/26695 Plt Off Charles Beverly Wyckoff RCAF - Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery Plot XXVII Row G Collective Grave 4-7.
Air Gunner: R/108393 WOII Joseph Gaston Jaques RCAF - Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery Plot XXVII Row G Collective Grave 4-7.
Air Gunner: R/80789 Sgt Jack Hopper RCAF - Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery Plot XXVII Row G Collective Grave 4-7.
Air Gunner: R/115064 Sgt Wilfred Gordon Harris RCAF - Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery Plot XXVII Row G Collective Grave 4-7.
The story of plane and crew was depicted in a book: Six Men On A Nickel: The Story of Whitley V AD 701 TY-B, written by Shirley Stone.
Sources:
http://orangeville.our-hometown.com/news/2006-06-08/Regional_news/015.html
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 239.
http://www.honourthem.ca/masterDetail.cfm?ID=96303
https://aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ad701&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
https://aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=ad701&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=AD701
Official loss report from the RAF found in the personnel files of all 6 RCAF crew members.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Sep-2014 09:37 | gerard57 | Added |
| 14-Jun-2016 15:18 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2018 17:16 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport] |
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