Date & Time:
Jun 28, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6759
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
MSN:
2147
YOM:
1941
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
1
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2238LT on June 27 on an operation to Bremen. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Heligoland Island. A crew was killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Garrick David Jackson, †
Sgt Eric William Gordon Dickey,
P/O Robert George Poulter,
Sgt Neville Jannison Ranson,
Sgt John Laing Dewar Morrison Urquh.
Crew:
Sgt Garrick David Jackson, †
Sgt Eric William Gordon Dickey,
P/O Robert George Poulter,
Sgt Neville Jannison Ranson,
Sgt John Laing Dewar Morrison Urquh.
