Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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Z9215

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Military

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Yes

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Chivenor - Chivenor

MSN:

2320

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1941

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The airplane departed RAF Chivenor on an operational mission over the English Channel. En route, both engine failed then caught fire. The airplane lost height and crashed into the Irish Sea some 100 km off Hartland Point, Devonshire. All six crew members were rescued by Royal Navy destroyer L115 but the wireless operator died a day later from injuries sustained.
Crew:
F/Sgt John Melville McDonald, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt R. E. Longard,
Sgt P. J. Russ,
Sgt B. Bushell,
Sgt J. A. Lovett,
Sgt J. G. Humphries.

Probable cause:

Double engine failure in flight.

Crash of a Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V off Den Helder: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1942 at 0426 LT

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BD266

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Honeybourne - Honeybourne

MSN:

2573

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1942

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The airplane departed RAF Honeybourne at 2236LT on June 25 on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base the following morning, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 10 km southwest of Den Helder. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Frederick Marsden Cole, pilot,
P/O Sidney Arthur Cheeseman, observer,
P/O Harry William Blackford, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Peter Christopher Omilianouski, air gunner,
Sgt William Percy Rixon, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Büsum

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1942 at 0324 LT

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Z6730

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Abingdon - Abingdon

MSN:

2118

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1941

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The airplane departed RAF Abingdon at 2243LT on June 25 on an operation to Bremen. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed 6 km north of Büsum. All five crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Joseph John Makarewicz
Sgt Leslie Lambton Brown,
Sgt R. Hale,
Sgt Pearson Bell,
Sgt William John Henderson.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Wervershoof: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1942 at 0256 LT

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BD201

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Abingdon - Abingdon

MSN:

2521

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1942

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The airplane departed RAF Abingdon at 2254LT on June 25 on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Wervershoof. An air gunner was killed and four other crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Norman Rennison Parsons, pilot,
Sgt James Glover Moriarty, observer,
F/O Reginald Van Toen, bomb aimer,
Sgt George Ewen, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt George McBain Harris, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Emen: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1942 at 0250 LT

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P4944

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Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Abingdon - Abingdon

MSN:

1671

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1940

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The airplane departed RAF Abingdon at 2252LT on June 25 on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Emen, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Eric Douglas Williams, pilot,
Sgt Gilbert Mansfield Murphy, observer,
Sgt Leonard Norman Reynolds, bomb aimer,
W/O Gordon Lea Wilkinson, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Frederick Clifford House, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Dalum: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1942 at 0130 LT

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AD689

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Plain, Valley

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Abingdon - Abingdon

MSN:

2483

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1942

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The airplane departed RAF Abingdon at 2306LT on June 25 on an operation to Bremen. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Dalum, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Norman Maxwell Oulster, pilot,
Sgt George Arthur Hunt, observer,
Sgt Daniel Ivan Parry, wireless operator,
Sgt Samuel James Webster, air gunner,
Sgt Harold Cooke, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Geversdorf: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1942

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Z9441

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Plain, Valley

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Honeybourne - Honeybourne

MSN:

2420

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1942

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The airplane departed RAF Honeybourne at 2306LT on June 25 on an operation to Bremen. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Geversdorf, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O John Allan Preston, pilot,
P/O Ernest Lionel Bedford, navigator,
P/O Wiliam George Webb Lapham, bomb aimer,
Sgt Cecil Raymond Robinson, wireless operator,
Sgt Albert Edward Owen, air gunner.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V into the North Sea

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1942

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P5004

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Abingdon - Abingdon

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1726

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1940

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The airplane departed RAF Abingdon at 2259LT on June 25 on an operation to Bremen. For unknown reasons, it was ditched in the North Sea and was lost. All five crew members were rescued.
Crew:
P/O Maule William Colledge, pilot,
Sgt Albert John Ennals,
Sgt J. V. Kerleff,
Sgt W. E. McCarthy,
Sgt E. A. Taylor.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V off Terschelling: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1942

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BD379

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