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| Date: | Friday 2 October 1942 |
| Time: | 22:45 |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 161 (Special Duties) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z6653 |
| MSN: | MA-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea off Hoek van Holland, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tempsford |
Operation: Special Duties / Special Operations Executive / target: Lettuce 7
Takeoff time: 21:00
The aircraft was ditched in the North Sea, under unknown circumstances.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Ernest Edge RAF 49634 (NCO:567568 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 22 September, 1942) [PoW]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant John Reginald Simpson Scott RAFVR 1388136 [Killed]
Observer : Pilot Officer Joseph Alec Charles Kite RAF 49684 (NCO:581397 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 06 October, 1942) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Kenneth Thorpe Harbridge RAFVR 1160931 [Killed]
Dispatcher : Sergeant Alfred Gander RAFVR 1320955 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Denys Leonard Taaffe RAF 1253986 [PoW]
The casualties are remembered at the Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom (51.437693 / -0.564745)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1863&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Oct-2017 20:08 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2018 17:48 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 04-Aug-2020 08:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-May-2024 11:07 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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