ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53455
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| Date: | 09-JAN-1941 |
| Time: | 23:18 |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Squadron Royal Air Force (78 Sqn RAF) |
| Registration: | T4203 |
| MSN: | EY- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Ubbergen, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dishforth |
The crew were briefed to attack Gelsenkirchen. The ATD of the aircraft from RAF Dishforth, Yorkshire was 1757
T4203/EY-? was intercepted and shot down by a night-fighter captained by Oblt Reinhold Eckardt (6./NJG 1) The aircraft crashed through the ice-encrusted flood-water between Millingen and Kekerdom (Gelderland), Holland at 2318. Eckardt flew Bf 110 G9+NP from Deelen airfield. His Messerschmitt was substantially damaged in the encounter.
Pilot Sgt C.A. Smith +
2nd Pilot Sgt S.H. Burley +
Observer Sgt L.D. Norman +
Wireless Operator Sgt A.W. Astle +
Rear Gunner Sgt V. Tarrant +
All the crew are buried in Mook War Cemetery, the Netherlands
Sources:
http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1941%20sec_tcm5-7282.pdf
Nobody Unprepared - History of 78 Sqn Vernon Holland
4 Group Bomber Command - Chris Ward
Chorley's BCL
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
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] |
| 07-Jan-2019 07:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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