ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234351
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| Date: | Sunday 7 September 1941 |
| Time: | 01:35 approx |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z6574 |
| MSN: | DY-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 60 miles northeast of Bircham Newton, Norfolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Topcliffe, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 20:34 hrs for an operation to a chemical factory at Hüls (Krefeld) in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
Probably, the aircraft was shot up in an engagement with night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Heinz Grimm of the 4./NJG 1 north of Terschelling island, the Netherlands, at 02:00 German time. The Luftwaffe pilot had taken off from Leeuwarden airfield in Bf 110 C-4 G9+BH.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer John Rhodes Croucher RAF 63106 (NCO:929745 : Commission Gazetted Friday 25 April, 1941) [Killed]
Flight Sergeant John Glover RCAF R/56903 [Killed]
Flight Sergeant Alan Leonard Halsey RCAF R/52691 [Killed]
Sergeant Henry Leslie Benjamin Morphett RAAF Aus/407093 [Killed]
Sergeant John Richard Tugman RAFVR 1288767 [Killed]
All are commemorated at the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/croucher-john.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 May 1940 | N1417 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 2 | Wilbers Farm, De Kleft, 1 km East of Bakel-Milheeze, Noord-Brabant |  |
w/o |
| 27 July 1940 | N1377 | 102 Sqn RAF | 0 | Spijkenisse (De Nieuwe Uitslag van Putten polder), Zuid-Holland | |
w/o |
| 15 August 1940 | P5022 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Driffield, East Yorkshire, England | |
w/o |
| 8 November 1941 | Z6796 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 5 | Süderoogsand (near), Amt Pellworm, Schleswig-Holstein |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Mar-2020 16:18 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 22-Apr-2024 14:03 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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