Date:	Wednesday 3 September 1941
Time:
Type:	Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V
Owner/operator:	58 Sqn RAF
Registration:	Z6869
MSN:	GE-T
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Turnbull Farm, Broomhill, Northumberland -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Linton-on-Ouse
Destination airport:	RAF Acklington

Narrative:
Aircraft was part of the 4th wave of 140 aircraft enroute to Brest, their intended targets were the German battle cruisers Scharnhorst, Gneisenau & the light cruiser Prinz Eugen.
All aircraft of 1, 4 & 5 groups were recalled because of worsening weather conditions. Z6869 GE-T was diverted to RAF Acklington. On approach to the North/West runway, in the dark & fog, the aircraft undershot, stalled and collided with trees 1 mile short of the runway.

Crew:
P/O Andrew Allison Law RAF Age 24 +
F/Sgt. Wallace Howard Trewin RCAF Age 24+
Sgt. Robert Lawrence Ward RCAF Age 21 +
Sgt. Charles Oliver Steggall RAF Age 33 +
P/Off Edward Dmitri Comber-Higgs RAF Age Unknown i

Births, deaths & Marriages Register.
P/O A.A. Law's Brother, Thomas law.
family of St. C.O. Steggall.
Bomber command war diaries 1939-1945 3/4Sept 1941
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft W1000 - Z9999, published 1998

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

17 August 1941	Z6729	58 Sqn RAF	0	road Breda - Zundert, Noord-Brabant		w/o
11 October 1941	Z9154	58 Sqn RAF	4	North Sea off Callantsoog (near pole 13,5), Noord-Holland		w/o

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
03-Feb-2009 12:17	Chris	Added
22-Jul-2009 22:13	Anon.	Updated
30-Dec-2011 15:50	Uli Elch	Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
23-Jan-2012 03:54	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source]