Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Rhinow: 1 killed
Date & Time:
Nov 8, 1941 at 0455 LT
Operator:
Registration:
Z9151
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Croft - Croft
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Croft at 2227LT on November 7 on an operation to Berlin. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Rhinow. The pilot was killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Ernest Johnston Sargent, pilot, †
Sgt Ernest Gerald Sydney Hall Freeman,
Sgt Thomas Hall,
Sgt Thomas Paterson,
Sgt Ernest Wilfred Penn,
P/O John Victor Saunders.
Crew:
Sgt Ernest Johnston Sargent, pilot, †
Sgt Ernest Gerald Sydney Hall Freeman,
Sgt Thomas Hall,
Sgt Thomas Paterson,
Sgt Ernest Wilfred Penn,
P/O John Victor Saunders.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
