ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53402
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| Date: | Thursday 27 March 1941 |
| Time: | 23:05 |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z6470 |
| MSN: | EY-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sevenum, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dishforth, North Yorkshire |
The crew were briefed to attack Dusseldorf. The ATD of the aircraft from RAF Dishforth, Yorkshire was 1929
Z6470/EY-G was last heard on the W/T at 2137. It was coned by searchlights and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Gerhard Herzog of the 3./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Eindhoven airfield.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Kenneth Frank Seager RAF 85289 (NCO:974981 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 15 October, 1940) [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Alan Kingsley Mills RAFVR 742274 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Jack Mitchell RAFVR 942752 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Ernest Alfred Francis Grunsell MiD RAFVR 752233 [Killed]
Sub-Lieutenant (Royal Navy) Peter John Hoad MiD RN CWGC:2645640 [Killed]
All are buried in Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=Z6470&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
NoboUnprepared - History of 78 Sqn Vernon Holland
4 Group Bomber Command - Chris Ward
Chorley's BCL
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Oct-2013 19:43 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Mar-2019 20:41 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Mar-2019 20:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 27-Mar-2024 08:44 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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