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Date: | Saturday 8 November 1941 |
Time: | 04:55 LT |
Type: | Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | Z9151 |
MSN: | EY- |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 6 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Rhinow, Brandenburg -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Croft, North Yorkshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Took off at 22:27 local time for an operation against Berlin.
The aircraft was hit by Flak and crashed. However, there were adverse weather conditions with danger of icing-up present this night.
Sergeant Sargent did not survive and rests in the 1939-1945 Berlin War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z9151&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact Google Maps
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