ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202821
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| Date: | Friday 24 April 1942 |
| Time: | 01:11 LT |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 77 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z9363 |
| MSN: | KN-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Grevenkrug, Schleswig-Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire |
| operation - Rostock |
A report by a Missing Research & Enquiry team states “the aircraft was shot down at 0111 hours on the night of 23/24th April 1942. It crashed at Grevenkrug 4kms NNW of Bordesholm and 12kms NNE of Neumünster, Germany.”
The aircraft was coned by searchlights at 01:07 hrs and hit by Marine-Flak.
Pilot: 1175416 Sgt Brian Whitham - Hamburg Cemetery 10A. L. 6.
Observer:400118 Flt Sgt Allan Wilson Johnson RAAF - Hamburg Cemetery 10A. L. 7.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1105947 Sgt Arthur Whitaker - Hamburg Cemetery 10A. L. 8.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1051977 Sgt Reginald Wilde - Hamburg Cemetery 10A. L. 9.
Sources:
77 Squadron Association
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/whitham-bryan.html
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 August 1940 | N1501 | 77 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Driffield, East Yorkshire, England |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Dec-2017 13:55 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 11-Dec-2017 13:56 | Red Dragon | Updated [Source] |
| 11-Dec-2017 13:57 | Red Dragon | Updated [Date] |
| 11-Nov-2018 14:21 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 01-Mar-2019 17:41 | stehlik49 | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 21-Apr-2022 18:56 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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