ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 22192
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| Date: | Saturday 31 August 1940 |
| Time: | 05:00 |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 58 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P5002 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | in sea off Hornsea, East Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton on Ouse |
(GE-T) The aircraft took off at 1945hrs but it ran out of fuel when returning from operations on Berlin and was abandoned over East Yorkshire coast
42194 P/O Neville Oxynham Clements RAF (South Africa) pilot ok
79511 P/O Ronald Arnold Hadley RAFVR (New Zealand) pilot ok
749523 Sgt Ian Alexander Zamek RAFVR observer ok
P/O R F Williams RAFVR wireless operator ok
567598 Sgt Matthew Hill RAF air gunner missing his parachute was blown out to sea
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Aug-2008 23:22 | Anon. | Added |
| 23-Jan-2012 04:24 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
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