Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Neukirchen-Vluyn: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 19, 1940 at 0030 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
N1499
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Driffield - Driffield
MSN:
1639
YOM:
1939
Location:
Neukirchen-Vluyn
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Driffield at 2113LT on June 18 to attack oil installations in the Holten district. While cruising at night, it crashed in unknown circumstances in Neukirchen-Vluyn, west of Duisburg. All five crew members were killed. Possibly shot down.
Crew:
Sgt Stanley E. Masham, pilot,
Sgt Cyril M. Clayton, pilot,
Sgt Donald W. Dawson, observer,
Sgt Harold A. F. Giblin, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Charlie Hanlon, wireless operator and air gunner.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Neukirchen-Vluyn: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 18, 1940 at 2335 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
N1460
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Lonton-on-Ouse
MSN:
1600
YOM:
1939
Location:
Neukirchen-Vluyn
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2115LT on June 17 on a bombing mission over Castrop-Rauxel. While cruising at night, it crashed in unknown circumstances in Neukirchen-Vluyn, west of Duisburg. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O John Thomas MacInnes, pilot,
P/O Clement Neville Buist, pilot,
Sgt Malcolm Llewellyn Dent, observer,
Sgt Leonard Whittle, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Cornelius Francis Mckay, wireless operator and air gunner.
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