ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53160
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| Date: | Saturday 6 September 1941 |
| Time: | 23:15 |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 77 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z6824 |
| MSN: | KN-W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | along the Hogebrugweg road, Haarlo, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire |
| RAF Leeming |
Mission : Huls. Took off from RAF Leeming at 1954 hrs. The aircraft was coned by searchlights & intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Hans-Karl Kamp of the 8./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Twente airfield; crashed 2315 hrs at Haarlo. Those who died are buried on Borculo General Cemetery.
Crew
Pilot: 39611 Sqn Ldr Alexander John Hannigan - Borculo General Cemetery Plot U Collective Grave 1-5.
Pilot: 1100856 Sgt D Thomas - PoW/Stalag 357 Kopernikus/PoW Number 9578
Observer: J/4759 Plt Off Norman Woodward RCAF - Barculo General Cemetery Plot U Collective Grave 1-5.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 923988 Sgt Charles Max Evans - Borculo General Cemetery Plot U Collective Grave 1-5.
Air Gunner: R/73011 Sgt Ernest Charles Edward Myers RCAF - Borculo General Cemetery Plot U Collective Grave 1-5.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1247&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World war 1941 Page 139.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 April 1942 | Z9386 | 77 Sqn RAF | 0 | Fehmarnbelt NE of Kiel |  |
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Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-May-2016 16:28 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2018 09:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 19-Jan-2019 17:51 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Oct-2019 11:37 | ALAN MACKAY | Updated [Cn] |
| 24-Mar-2020 15:08 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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