ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 176429
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| Date: | Tuesday 17 June 1941 |
| Time: | 02:26 |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 51 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z6479 |
| MSN: | MH-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tenhaagdoornse Heide, Houthalen-Helchteren, Limburg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dishforth |
| RAF Dishforth |
Mission-Köln, Germany. Took off from RAF Dishforth at 2243 hrs. Coned by searchlights and shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Reinhard Kollak of the 1./NJG 1, who was flying Bf 110 C-4 G9+LH from Venlo airfield, the Netherlands. Crashed 0226 hrs at Houthalen (Limburg), 11 km NNE of Hasselt, Belgium. Three of those who died are buried in the Canadian War Cemetery at Adegem, while Plt Off Crichton has no known grave.
Crew
Sgt T J Baston +
Plt Off C E Crichton +
Plt Off K N Holland pow
Sgt J L Evans +
Flt Sgt D J Jefferis +
Sources:
http://www.luchtvaarterfgoed.be/content/monument-whitley-z6479-mh-m-wellington-hf457-halifax-lk842-se-n-stirling-bf448-ls-t
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 67.
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/baston-thomas.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-May-2015 10:57 | gerard57 | Added |
| 13-Apr-2016 06:38 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Nov-2018 13:06 | stehlik49 | Updated [Time, Operator] |
| 14-Jun-2019 19:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2022 13:43 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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