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| Date: | Saturday 31 August 1940 |
| Time: | 05:00 |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 58 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P5002 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | in sea off Hornsea, East Yorkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton on Ouse, North Yorkshire |
(GE-T) The aircraft took off at 1945hrs but it ran out of fuel when returning from operations on Berlin and was abandoned over East Yorkshire coast
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Neville Oxynham Clements RAFVR 42194 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 12 December, 1939)
Observer : Sergeant Ian Alexander Zamek RAFVR 749523
Wireless Operator : Pilot Officer R F Williams RAFVR 43262 (NCO:621170 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 14 May, 1940)
Pilot Officer Ronald Arnold Hadley RAFVR 79511 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 18 June, 1940)
Sergeant Matthew Hill RAF 567598 [Killed]
Four of the crew landed safely but Sgt Hill's parachute was caught in the off-shore breeze and he is assumed to have fallen into the sea and drowned; he is on the Runnymede memorial.
Sources:
ORB 58 Sqdn RAF
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Aug-2008 23:22 | Anon. | Added |
| 23-Jan-2012 04:24 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 14-May-2024 21:49 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 12-Jun-2024 20:10 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Jun-2024 20:11 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
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