Accident Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V T4227,
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Date:Thursday 2 January 1941
Time:18:02 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic whtl model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V
Owner/operator:102 Sqn RAF
Registration: T4227
MSN: DY-R
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:North Sea 50 km east of Withernsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Topcliffe, Yorkshire, UK
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 16:41 for an operation to Bremen, Germany.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Hans Hahn of the 3./NJG 2, flying a Ju 88C from Gilze-Rijen airfield, the Netherlands.

Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=T4227

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=T4227

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
7 September 1941 Z6970 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF 4 near Vortum-Mullem, Noord-Brabant w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
31-Dec-2018 09:55 TigerTimon Added
31-Dec-2018 09:59 TigerTimon Updated [Time]
31-Dec-2018 12:22 TigerTimon Updated [Location]
01-Jan-2019 13:03 stehlik49 Updated [Operator]
01-Jan-2019 13:03 stehlik49 Updated [Operator]

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