ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202877
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| Date: | Monday 27 April 1942 |
| Time: | 02:30 LT |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 77 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z9386 |
| MSN: | KN-W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Fehmarnbelt NE of Kiel -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire |
| operation - Rostock |
The aircraft was initially hit by Flak at 01:54. It eventually was ditched at 02:30 in the Fehmarnbelt area of the Baltic which is NE of Kiel. All the crew were made PoW's:
Crew:-
102135 Plt Off Edward Henriques Valentine - Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria> PoW Number 214 (NCO:1377800 Commission Gazetted : Friday 22 August, 1941)
1053444 Sgt Hamilton Durnam - Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 231.
1057120 Sgt John Waterworth - Stalag 357 Kopernikus. PoW Number 278.
R/69150 Sgt Harry Wellington Hands RCAF Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug. PoW Number 238.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Bomber Command Losses 1942
RAF Prisoners of War
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 September 1941 | Z6824 | 77 Sqn RAF | 4 | along the Hogebrugweg road, Haarlo, Gelderland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Dec-2017 15:59 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 11-Nov-2018 14:21 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 01-Mar-2019 17:43 | stehlik49 | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 25-Apr-2022 19:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Apr-2022 19:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Destination airport] |
| 26-Apr-2024 06:15 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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