Whitley V  T4164 KN-T

15-16 February 1941

Take off: Topcliffe

Mission: Sterkrade

Shot down by the night-fighter Oblt Jüsgen I./NJG3

Crash: At Malden

P/O CR Hubbard  POW L1, L3, 21B, L3

Sgt  DH Gilbert  POW Camps L1, L6, 357

Sgt A Bocking  POW  Camps L1, L6, 357

Sgt TF Keeley  POW Camps  L1, L3, 21B, L3

Sgt MF Hurlston  POW L1, L3, 21B, L3

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Whitley V  Z6463 KN-

1-2 March 1941

Take off: Topcliffe

Mission: Köln

Crash: After hitting telegraph poles in Dunstable Road Catterick, Yorkshire

P/O JG Rogers Sgt DB Flanders  KIA

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Whitley V  N1493  KN-

13-14 March 1941

Take off: Topcliffe

Mission: Hamburg

Crash: Disappeared without trace

Sgt DW Arkwright  KIA Runnymede Memorial

Sgt SW Snoddon   KIA Runnymede Memorial

Sgt NF Johnson   KIA Runnymede Memorial

Sgt DA Smithies   KIA Runnymede Memorial

Sgt DP Williams   KIA Runnymede Memorial

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Whitley V  P4947 KN-

3-4 April 1941

Mission: Brest Take off Leeming

Crash: At Waddington

Sgt KGW Kyle  KIA

Sgt WE Godfrey  KIA

Sgt PCL Wicks  KIA F/S AL Kennedy  KIA

Sgt Engel  Injured

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Whitley V  Z9386 KN-

3-4 April 1941

Mission: Brest

Take off Leeming

Crash: At Eartham Wood

Sgt HJ Dowling  KIA

P/O GA Bussy  KIA

Sgt WG Rawkins  KIA

Sgt Pryor Injured

Sgt JC Kesson  Injured

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Whitley V  Z6570 KN-

9-10 April 1941

Take off Topcliffe

Mission: Berlin

Sgt DN Lee  POW  Camps L1, L6, 357

P/O JSB Tyrie  POW Camps L1, L3

Sgt DG Young POW Camps L1, L6, 357

Sgt EW Budd  POW Camps L1, L6, 357

Sgt TS Hull POW Camps L1, L6, L4

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Whitley V T4338 KN-

17-48 April 1941

Take off Topcliffe

Mission: Berlin

Sgt EI Pocock  KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery

Sgt  PJ Church  KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery

Sgt  JS Bools  KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery

Sgt  AF Tweed  KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery

P/O WL Boon   KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery

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Whitley V  Z6582 KN-

17-48 April 1941

Take off Topcliffe

Mission: Berlin

Hit by Flak Ditched 60 miles off Blyth

Sgt  Cradduck  Safe

Sgt  Turner  Safe

P/O Birch  Safe

Sgt  Morgan  Safe

Sgt  JW Middleton  Safe

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Whitley V  Z6585 KN-

17-48 April 1941

Take off Topcliffe

Mission: Berlin

F/O  LE Pearson  KIA Hamburg Cemetery Ohlsdorf

F/L  D Gibson KIA Hamburg Cemetery Ohlsdorf

Sgt  CE Gansler  KIA Hamburg Cemetery Ohlsdorf

Sgt  HD Bowles  KIA Hamburg Cemetery Ohlsdorf

Sgt LW Flint  KIA Hamburg Cemetery Ohlsdorf

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Whitley V  Z6461 KN-

2-3 May 1941

Mission: Hamburg

Take off Topcliffe

Crash: In the North sea

Sgt JF Hugues  KIA  Runnymede Memorial

Sgt DG Garn  KIA  Kiel War Cemetery

P/O JA Basham  Runnymede Memorial

Sgt JB Seden  Runnymede Memorial

Sgt C Hutchinson  KIA  Kiel War Cemetery

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Whitley V  Z6559 KN-

9-10 May 1941

Take off Topcliffe

Mission:Ludwigshafen

Crash: On return to Base

Sgt Mills Safe

Sgt JRT Hazelton Safe

KIA on 21 February 1943

P/O Heslop Safe

Sgt Roberts Safe

Sgt Holman Safe

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Whitley V  Z6578 KN-

17-18 May 1941

Take off Topcliffe

Mission:Köln

Crash:  Rotem – Maaseik Belgium

Sgt K Gray  KIA  Rotem Communal Cemetery

Sgt A Morris  POW Camps 18a, L2, L3, L6, L7

Sgt NB Pell  KIA  Rotem Communal Cemetery

Sgt TWA Crone  KIA  Rotem Communal Cemetery

Sgt H Fraser  POW  Captured in Liège 4th July 1941 Camps 9B, L3, L6, 357

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Whitley V  T4279 KN-F

12-13 June 1941

Take off Topcliffe

Mission: Schwerte

Shot down by the night-fighter Oblt Egmond Prinz zur Lippe Weissenfeld  4./NJG1

Crash:  Medemblik Holland

Sgt DK McFarland  KIA   Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery

Sgt KR Wainwright  RCAF  KIA   Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery

P/O GV Heslop  KIA   Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery

Sgt  LS Dyer  KIA   Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery

Sgt DHJ Pingel   KIA   Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery

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Whitley V  Z6568 KN-B

27-28 June 1941

Mission: Bremen

Take off Leeming

Hit by flak Ditched 100 miles E of Flamborough Head

Sgt BCC Harpur KIA

F/O Dean

P/O IA Kayes

Sgt SR Mayston

Sgt Thuell

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Whitley V Z6630  KN-

27-28 June 1941

T/O Topcliff

Mission: Bremen

Shot down by a night-fighter Oblt Reinhold Eckart, II./NJG1

P/O  RE Tidswell  KIA  Hamburg Cemetery

Sgt RB Edwards  KIA  Hamburg Cemetery

Sgt  JL Ransson   KIA  Hamburg Cemetery

Sgt  L Dobinson   KIA  Hamburg Cemetery

Sgt  GB Roberts   KIA  Hamburg Cemetery

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Whitley V Z6647  KN-

27-28 June 1941 T/O

Topcliff Mission: Bremen

P/O  P Singleton  KIA Becklingen War Cemetery, Soltau

Sgt  JC Goodwin   KIA Becklingen War Cemetery, Soltau

Sgt  HG Chorlton   KIA Becklingen War Cemetery, Soltau

Sgt J Humphries   KIA Becklingen War Cemetery, Soltau

Sgt  AN Williams  KIA Becklingen War Cemetery, Soltau

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