Whitley V Z6555 - The North Sea                                                               Updated: 08 JUL 2021
 

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
e777440.htm Byrne L Sgt RAF 78 p035.htm WHI Z6555 Bomb G The North Sea d090741 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777438.htm Martin C M Sgt RCAF 78 p035.htm WHI Z6555 Bomb G The North Sea d090741 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777437.htm McLean O W Sgt RAAF 78 p035.htm WHI Z6555 Bomb G The North Sea d090741 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777439.htm Mountain H H P/O RAF 78 p035.htm WHI Z6555 Bomb G The North Sea d090741 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
a045004.htm Noddle K Sgt RAF 78 p035.htm WHI Z6555 Bomb G The North Sea d090741 b160841 c045.htm Kirkeby


09 JUL 1941 forsvandt WHI Z6555 i havet under et bombetogt til Hamm. Hele besætningen omkom.

Sgt Noddle blev fundet ilanddrevet den 15. august 1941 og begravet i Kirkeby dagen efter ved sognepræsten. (Kilde: FAF) (p035MACR)

1 flyver fra WHI Z6555 blev begravet i Kirkeby. 4 flyvere har ingen kendt grav.

5 flyvere.

On 09 JUL 1941 WHI Z6555 disappeared into the sea on a bombing raid on Hamm. All of the crew perished. See PERILS OF THE SEA by Paul Allonby.

Sgt Noddle was found washed ashore on 15 August 1941 and buried in Kirkeby on the following day by the Vicar. (Source: FAF) (p035MACR)

1 airman from WHI Z6555 was buried in Kirkeby. 4 airmen have no known grave.

No. 78 Squadron RAF * This Armstrong Whitworth Whitley took off from RAF Middleton St. George.

Whitley V Z6555 EY- took off from RAF Middleton St. George at 23.03 hrs on 08 JUL 1941. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.) (p035MACR)

5 airmen.