Date & Time:
Mar 13, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
T4273
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
MSN:
1926
YOM:
1940
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
5
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 1920LT on an operation to Hamburg. While approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed at Kampstrasse 80-84 in the district of Hamburg-Lockstedt. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Anthony Leonard Roger Cook, pilot,
Sgt Alexander Charles Elliott, pilot,
Sgt John Molesworth Oxley, observer,
Sgt Samuel Hugh Albert Jess, wireless operator,
Sgt Norman Reginald Skinner, wireless operator.
Crew:
Sgt Anthony Leonard Roger Cook, pilot,
Sgt Alexander Charles Elliott, pilot,
Sgt John Molesworth Oxley, observer,
Sgt Samuel Hugh Albert Jess, wireless operator,
Sgt Norman Reginald Skinner, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
