ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53793
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| Date: | Thursday 5 September 1940 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 51 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P4973 |
| MSN: | MH- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea off Texel, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dishforth, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 19:50 hrs local time for a bombing operation against Berlin; failed to return.
The aircraft was ditched in the North Sea; the survivors were rescued by a floatplane from the 5. Seenotstaffel.
Pilot / F/O. J.M. Taylor 33446 RAF / prisoner of war
Second Pilot / Sgt. M.H. Jones 741975 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 16
Observer / Sgt. V.B. Housego 747810 RAF / prisoner of war
Wireless Operator / Sgt. H. Maylin 626629 RAF / prisoner of war
Rear Gunner / Sgt. M.F. Johnson 647408 RAF / prisoner of war
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0816&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 July 1940 | P5007 | 51 Sqn RAF | 4 | Dorenthe near Ibbenburen and Saerbeck, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 16-Sep-2020 19:14 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Jun-2022 18:37 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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