Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Heumen: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Aug 19, 1941 at 0220 LT
Operator:
Registration:
Z6811
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Dishforth – Dishforth
MSN:
2171
YOM:
1941
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 2134LT on August 18 on an operation to Cologne. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Heumen, near the Maas canal. Three crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt John Alexander Barrie Jamieson, pilot, †
Sgt Howard Robert Franklin Johnston, air gunner, †
Sgt Angus Milne, †
Sgt Frank William Coles,
P/O Frederick Walter Shorrock.
Crew:
Sgt John Alexander Barrie Jamieson, pilot, †
Sgt Howard Robert Franklin Johnston, air gunner, †
Sgt Angus Milne, †
Sgt Frank William Coles,
P/O Frederick Walter Shorrock.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
