ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 201147
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| Date: | Friday 27 February 1942 |
| Time: | 22:37 |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 77 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z6943 |
| MSN: | KN-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea 10 km north of Langeoog island (Niedersachsen) -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire |
Operation - Wilhelmshaven (Scharnhorst).
Claimed by Ofw Siegfried Ney 5./NJG 2 - sea 10 km north of Langeoog.
All the crew are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial:
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Donald Atherton Irving RAAF Aus/402359 [Killed]
Sergeant Hubert Waddy Blackmore RAFVR 1195088 [Killed]
Sergeant John Lewis Stanley Price RAFVR 930432 [Killed]
Sergeant Peter William Lindsey Strachan RAFVR 580467 [Killed]
Sergeant Donald Unsworth RAFVR 1057891 [Killed]
Sources:
Bomber Command losses 1942
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Nov-2017 21:02 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 11-Nov-2018 14:18 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 15-Feb-2022 10:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-May-2023 05:35 | Anon. | Updated [[Date, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]] |
| 27-Feb-2024 08:58 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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