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| Date: | Thursday 12 June 1941 |
| Time: | 03:16 |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 51 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z6657 |
| MSN: | MH-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Borkel, near Valkenswaard, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dishforth |
| RAF Dishforth |
Took off from RAF Dishforth at 23:06 hrs. Over the Netherlands, the aircraft was coned by searchlights, hit by night fighter pilot Leutnant Hans-Dieter Frank of the Stab I./NJG 1 (who was flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield) and crashed 03:16 hrs at Borkel (Noord Brabant), 6 km SW of Valkenswaard, Holland.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Herbert Hannay MiD RAFVR 754380 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Pilot Officer Paul Edward Snyder RCAF J/3732 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant James Edward Gittins RAFVR 937720 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant John Bradshaw RAFVR 1355770 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Cyril Gerrard Humble MiD RAFVR 939951 [Killed]
All are buried in Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery:
Sources:
http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1941%20sec_tcm5-7282.pdf
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 63
ORB 51 Sqdn RAF
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 11-Apr-2016 18:45 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Jan-2018 17:44 | XindelX | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Jun-2019 08:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-May-2024 15:06 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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