Date & Time: May 22, 1940 at 0100 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
N1528
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Driffield - Driffield
MSN:
1656
YOM:
1939
Location:
Metz
Moselle
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
0
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF Driffield at 2124LT on May 21 on a bombing mission over Euskirchen. En route, the crew was forced to abandon the aircraft and bailed out. The aircraft crashed in a field near Metz and was destroyed. All five crew members were unhurt and returned to UK.
Crew (102nd Squadron):
P/O G. H. Womersley, pilot,
P/O R. F. Beauchair, pilot,
Sgt J. Derbyshire, observer,
AC1 H. F. Hurt, wireless operator and air gunner,
AC2 A. Sedgley, air gunner.