Accident Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V Z6829,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53223
 
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Date:Friday 15 August 1941
Time:04:48
Type:Silhouette image of generic whtl model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V
Owner/operator:102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF
Registration: Z6829
MSN: DY-F
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:North Sea 8 km WSW of Terschelling, Friesland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Topcliffe
Destination airport:RAF Topcliffe
Narrative:
Operation - Hannover, Germany. Took off from RAF Dishforth at 2218 hrs (local time). The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Paul Gildner of the 4./NJG 1, who was flying Do 215 B-5 G9+NM from Leeuwarden airfield; crashed 0448 hrs in the Waddenzee S of Terschelling. Those who died are buried on the island in the Westerschelling General Cemetery. Sgt Penn RAAF needed treatment for his wounds:

Sgt G K Powell (KIA)
Sgt F W Penn RAAF (POW)
Plt Off W W Bell-Towers RAAF (KIA)
Sgt R T Philip (KIA)
Flt Sgt L E D Lindsay (KIA)
Sgt T A Vermiglio (POW)

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1189&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 118.

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
06-May-2016 07:54 Red Dragon Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
14-Oct-2018 17:06 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
03-Mar-2020 15:05 TigerTimon Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Narrative]
14-Jun-2022 23:35 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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