Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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Z6654

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Leeming - Leeming

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2088

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1941

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The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2000LT on September 6 on an operation to Hüls. It was damaged by a German fighter and crash landed near Cromer while trying to return to base. All five crew members were rescued.
Crew:
P/O Havelock,
P/O Watts,
F/S Hancock,
Sgt Fitzpatrick,
Sgt C. H. R. Ford.

Probable cause:

Damaged by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V into the North Sea: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 7, 1941 at 0135 LT

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Z6574

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Topcliffe - Topcliffe

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2045

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1941

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The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2034LT on September 6 on an operation to Hüls. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in the North Sea some 60 miles northeast of RAF Bircham Newton. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O John Rhodes Croucher,
F/Sgt John Glover,
F/Sgt Alan Leonard Halsey,
Sgt Henry Leslie Benjamin Morphett,
Sgt John Richard Tugman.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Bergum: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 7, 1941 at 0125 LT

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Z6881

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Middleton St George - Middleton St George

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2222

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1941

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The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2037LT on September 6 on an operation to Hüls. It was shot down by a Me.110 over the Netherlands and crashed in Bergum. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Francis Bernard Thorpe, pilot,
Sgt Cyril Vincent Matheson, pilot,
Sgt David Victor Logan, observer,
Sgt Geoffrey Carman, wireless operator,
Sgt Charles James Storer, wireless operator.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Vortum-Mullem: 4 killed

Date & Time: Sep 7, 1941 at 0107 LT

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Z6970

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Topcliffe - Topcliffe

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2252

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1941

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The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2105LT on September 6 on an operation to Hüls. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Vortum-Mullem. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Philip Colmer Eyre, pilot,
Sgt Leonard Albert Stock, observer,
Sgt Kenneth Pearson Withyman, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas McGill, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Quakenbrück: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 7, 1941 at 0056 LT

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Z6668

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Leeming - Leeming

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2102

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1941

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The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2004LT on September 6 on an operation to Hüls (chemical factory). While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Quakenbrück. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Harry Painter, pilot,
Sgt Desmond William Mercer, pilot,
Sgt Derek George Kemp, observer,
Sgt Donald Watson Gillies, wireless operator,
P/O Richard John Minnis, wireless operator.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Metelen

Date & Time: Sep 6, 1941 at 2322 LT

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Z6942

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2234

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1941

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Metelen

North Rhine-Westphalia

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Germany

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Europe

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The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1953LT on an operation to Hüls. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Metelen. All five crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Joseph Grounds,
Sgt Richard Mursell Holder,
Sgt Norman Stewart Jones,
Sgt John Henry Morgan,
P/O Philip Rayner Maurice Runnacles.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Haarlo: 4 killed

Date & Time: Sep 6, 1941 at 2315 LT

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Z6824

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2184

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1941

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The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1954LT on an operation to Hüls. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed near Haarlo. Four crew members were killed and a fifth became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Alexander John Hannigan, pilot, †
Sgt David Thomas, pilot,
P/O Norman Woodward, observer, †
Sgt Charles Max Evans, wireless operator, †
Sgt Ernest Charles Edward Myers, air gunner. †

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Oldebroekse Heide: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 6, 1941 at 2300 LT

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Z6478

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1990

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1940

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The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1949LT on an operation to Hüls. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed on an artillery practice range operated by the Wehrmacht near Oldebroek. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O John Forbes Laurie-Dickson, pilot,
Sgt Aubrey Poupard, pilot,
F/Sgt Robert Hector Wilson, observer,
Sgt Pine Tenga Takarangi, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert John Garrod, wireless operator.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V at RAF Acklington: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 6, 1941

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Z6932

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Takeoff (climb)

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