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Date: | Wednesday 24 April 1940 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Armstrong Whitworth Whitley B Mk IV |
Owner/operator: | 51 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | K9048 |
MSN: | AWA.1501 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Target: Aalborg Airfield, Aalborg -
Denmark
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Dishforth, North Yorkshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Armstrong Whitley Whitley B.Mk. IV K9048 (MH-P) of 51 Squadron, RAF crashed, during flight to attack Aalborg Aerodrome, Denmark, 24 April 1940. the aircraft was struck by flak and later force landed near Oslo, Norway. All five crew survived, were captured, and taken as POWs
Crew of Whitley K9048:
Flying Officer Bernard Warren Hayward RAF (39521).
Flying Officer T K Milne,
Warrant Officer J B Ritchie,
Warrant Officer A W G Lyne and
Warrant Officer F Hargreaves
The London Gazette states that Bernard Hayward relinquished his RAF Flt/Lt Commission in November 1944 on appointment to the RCAF, presumably while he was a prisoner of war.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1976 p 75)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/167:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14141968 3.
https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/whitley/25575-K90481940-04-24.html 4.
http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/york39/k8938.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Jun-2019 20:18 |
Dr. John Smith |
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11-Jun-2019 05:50 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator] |