ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53425
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| Date: | Sunday 2 March 1941 |
| Time: | 00:48 LT |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | T4265 |
| MSN: | ZA-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea off Haamstede, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming |
| RAF Leeming |
Mission-Köln. Took off from RAF Leeming at 1930 hrs. Last heard on w/t at 0048 calling for help. It is estimated the bomber was W of Haamstede (Zeeland) and on course for Orford Ness, Suffolk. All are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Alfred Charles Hoare RAFVR 745891 [Killed]
Crew : Sergeant Alfred Coates RAFVR 907743 [Killed]
Crew : Pilot Officer Alan Addison Florigny RAFVR 85016 (NCO:751777 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 08 October, 1940) [Killed]
Crew : Sergeant Philip Henry Woodbridge RAFVR 745564 [Killed]
Crew : Sergeant Charles John Woods RAF 652254 [Killed]
P/O Florigny's brother was killed on the same operation (Whitley T4261 of 102 Squadron)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0960&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 25.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 June 1941 | Z6561 | 10 Sqn RAF | 1 | Baltic Sea off Schönberger Strand, Schönberg, Schleswig-Holstein |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Mar-2016 06:57 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2017 07:29 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 27-Feb-2019 12:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Mar-2024 07:52 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Mar-2024 07:54 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
| 01-Mar-2024 07:55 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
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