Date & Time: Aug 17, 1941 at 0247 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6577
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Middleton St George - Middleton St George
MSN:
2048
YOM:
1941
Location:
Ohé en Laak
Limburg
Country:
Netherlands
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 Middleton St George at 2252LT on August 16 on an operation to Cologne. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Ohé en Laak. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Gordon Leonard Olsen, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Anthony Sherman, pilot,
F/Sgt Robert Jopling, observer,
Sgt Douglas Anderson Wilson, wireless operator,
Sgt Denis Farmbrough Hawkes, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.