ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53366
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| Date: | Friday 13 June 1941 |
| Time: | 03:18 LT |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 102 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z6489 |
| MSN: | DY- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gagelse Akkers, Waalre, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Topcliffe, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 23:06 for an operation to Schwerte, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
Over the Netherlands, it was coned by searchlights and shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Reinhold Knacke of the 2./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield.
All six rest at Eindhoven:
Pilot Sgt. J. Chapman 1151802 RAF
Observer P/O. R.W. Dawson 87361 RAF
Navigator Sgt. K.R. Winter 977342 RAF
Wireless op Sgt. J.M.B. Tunnah 981759 RAF
Air gunner Sgt. J.F. James 404104 RAAF
Air gunner Sgt. J. Hall 552714 RAF
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1057&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 June 1941 | T4269 | 102 Sqn RAF | 6 | Westerbelmhusen, Brunsbüttel, Schleswig-Holstein |  |
w/o |
| 26 July 1941 | Z6576 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 5 | North Sea 10 km west of De Kooy, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
| 15 August 1941 | Z6877 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 1 | near Sögel, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 26 January 1942 | Z9283 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 5 | North Sea possibly off Schiermonnikoog, Friesland | |
mis |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 11-Jun-2019 07:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Jun-2019 12:54 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
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