ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53417
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| Date: | Thursday 13 March 1941 |
| Time: | 00:05 LT |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | T4326 |
| MSN: | DY-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Epmanweg, Denekamp, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Topcliffe, UK |
Takeoff at 19:40 LT for an operation to Berlin, Germany.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinrich Wohlers of the 8./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Rheine airfield, Germany.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Frank Hugh Long DFC RAF 36190 [Killed] buried Denekamp 1-4
2nd Pilot : Squadron Leader Archibald Martin Watts-Read RAF 16258 [Killed] buried Denekamp 1-4
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Ernest Hugh Goodall RAFVR 935854 [Killed] buried Denekamp 1-4
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Vincent Hallas RAF 553968 [Killed] buried Denekamp 1-4
Sergeant William Edward Van Klaveren RAFVR 903056 [PoW, died as prisoner of war at Greifswald on the fourth of May 1941 and is buried at the Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery]
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0965&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
http://www.luchtoorlogboventwente.nl/410312RAF.php
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 July 1941 | T4233 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 5 | near Diergaarde, Limburg | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Apr-2016 12:52 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Dec-2017 18:41 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 14-Oct-2018 17:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 11-Mar-2019 07:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Jun-2022 02:11 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 12-Mar-2024 07:53 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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