ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 269380
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| Date: | Saturday 8 November 1941 |
| Time: | 04:55 LT |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z9151 |
| MSN: | EY- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rhinow, Brandenburg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Croft, North Yorkshire |
Took off at 22:27 local time for an operation against Berlin.
The aircraft was hit by Flak and crashed. However, there were adverse weather conditions with danger of icing-up present this night.
Sergeant Sargent did not survive and rests in the 1939-1945 Berlin War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z9151&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 July 1940 | N1487 | 78 Sqn RAF | 5 | near Sprakel (Münster) and Gimbte (Greven), Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
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| 2 October 1940 | P4964 | 78 Sqn RAF | 5 | Hessenweg road, Hummelo, Gelderland |  |
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| 9 January 1941 | T4203 | 78 Sqn RAF | 5 | Ubbergen, Gelderland | |
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| 19 June 1941 | Z6560 | 78 Sqn RAF | 4 | North Sea 90 km northeast of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England |  |
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| 30 June 1941 | Z6664 | 78 Sqn RAF | 5 | North Sea NNW of Ameland, Friesland | |
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| 3 July 1941 | Z6558 | 78 Sqn RAF | 4 | Itteren, Maastricht, Limburg | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Nov-2021 14:11 | TigerTimon | Added |
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