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Date: | Thursday 7 August 1941 |
Time: | 02:19 LT |
Type: | Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
Owner/operator: | 51 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | Z6488 |
MSN: | MH-W |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Ginderover - Heeze, Noord-Brabant -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Dishforth |
Destination airport: | RAF Dishforth |
Narrative:Mission : Frankfurt. Took off from RAF Dishforth at 2200 hrs.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Werner Streib of the Stab I./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield.
Sgt Haines died within a few hours of the crash and he is buried in Woensel General Cemetery.
Crew
Sgt R J Allen (POW)
Sgt A R B Ward (POW)
Plt Off F T Clayton (POW)
Sgt G Haines (Inj/Later died)
Sgt P E Tripp (POW)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1164&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= Google Maps
Royal Air force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 110.
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
03-May-2016 18:30 |
Red Dragon |
Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
04-Nov-2018 13:05 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Time, Operator] |
11-Feb-2020 13:45 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |