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| Date: | Tuesday 1 July 1941 |
| Time: | 01:19 |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | T4233 |
| MSN: | DY-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Diergaarde, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Topcliffe |
| RAF Topcliffe |
Took off from RAF Topcliffe at 2258 hrs. Shot down by a night-fighter (Hptm Werner Streib I./NJG1) and crashed 0119 hrs
near Diergaarde (Limburg), 12 km SSW of Roermond, Holland.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Arthur Leslie Pullen RAFVR 76016 (NCO:749423 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 12 December, 1939) [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant James Bruckshaw RAFVR 1053027 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant Frank Gerald Coulby RAFVR 929219 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant John Cruikshanks Newlands RAFVR 999517 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Donald Sills RAFVR 751881 [Killed]
All lie at the Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Netherlands (51.822371 / 5.830618)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1074&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 79.
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 24-Apr-2016 17:21 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2018 17:05 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 29-Jun-2019 12:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 18-Jun-2022 12:14 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 11-Jul-2024 07:11 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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