ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 22226
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| Date: | Monday 4 November 1940 |
| Time: | 06:50 |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 77 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | T4205 |
| MSN: | KN-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Topcliffe, North Yorkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| RAF Topcliffe |
(KN-S) The aircraft took off at 16:32hrs and was returning from operations on Mannheim when it ran out of fuel and crash-landed and later caught fire and exploded
Sgt N C Bizley pilot injured
P/O Pearson pilot injured
Sgt Sewell observer injured
Sgt Middleton wireless operator injured
Sgt Engel air gunner injured
Sources:
Whitley production list
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 December 1941 | Z9306 | 77 Sqn RAF | 4 | Zwarte Haan hamlet, Sint Jacobiparochie, Friesland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Aug-2008 10:22 | Anon. | Added |
| 09-May-2013 06:37 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
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