ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 269379
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| Date: | Saturday 8 November 1941 |
| Time: | 01:45 LT |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z6796 |
| MSN: | DY-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Süderoogsand (near), Amt Pellworm, Schleswig-Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Topcliffe, North Yorkshire |
Took off at 22:14 local time for an operation against Berlin.
The aircraft was engaged by the Marine-Flak-Abteilungen 211 & 221 at 01:30-34 hrs and crashed at 01:45 hrs.
According to the 1. Marine-Flak-Regiment report on the crash of this aircraft, the crewless wreck was found 300 metres NW of the rescue beacon near Süderoog-Sand, the aircraft code and serial were given as 'D Y B Z 6796'.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered. All are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z6796&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Google Maps
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 |
| 7 September 1941 | Z6574 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 5 | North Sea 60 miles northeast of Bircham Newton, Norfolk, England | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Nov-2021 14:05 | TigerTimon | Added |
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