Whitley Z6834 - The North Sea                                                          Updated:  07 NOV 2012

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
a019033.htm Cook J A Wt/O RAF 999 p134.htm WHI Z6834 Other The North Sea d290143 b210443 c019.htm Frederikshavn
e777554.htm Corrigan D V Sgt RAF 999 p134.htm WHI Z6834 Other The North Sea d290143 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777934.htm Madgett N J Sgt RAF 999 p134.htm WHI Z6834 Other The North Sea d290143 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777933.htm Mannering E Sgt RAF 999 p134.htm WHI Z6834 Other The North Sea d290143 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777931.htm Simkiss L W Sgt RAF 999 p134.htm WHI Z6834 Other The North Sea d290143 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777932.htm Wade J A Sgt RAF 999 p134.htm WHI Z6834 Other The North Sea d290143 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN


  WHI Z6834 gik tabt over Nordsøen den 29. januar 1943.

Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver:
"Ved middagstid lettede flyet fra Acklington på en navigations / træningsflyvning over Nordsøen. Kl. 14.05 meddelte piloten, Sgt D.V. Corrigan, over radioen,
at han vendte tilbage til Acklington på grund af motorvanskeligheder. Umiddelbart efter meddelte han kort, at de var nødsaget til at nødlande på havet.

Liget af andenpiloten, W/O J. A. Cook, drev i land ved Lønstrup (omkring her), og han blev begravet på Frederikshavns kirkegård den 21. april 1943.
Der er ikke fundet spor af flyet eller de øvrige 5 besætningsmedlemmer." (FT 89-70-26)

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WHI Z6834 was lost over the North Sea on 29 January 1943.

(Danish) Aviation Historical Review writes:

"The plane took off from Acklington to the North Sea at noon on a flight to gain Operational Flight Experience. At 14.05 hours Pilot, Sgt D. V. Corrigan stated
over the radio that he was returning to Acklington due to engine trouble. Immediately afterwards he announced briefly that they were forced to ditch in the sea.

The body of Co-Pilot, Wt/O J. A. Cook drifted ashore near Lønstrup (about here). He was buried in Frederikshavn on 21 April 1943.
No trace of the plane or the 5 other crew members has ever been found." (FT 89-70-26) 

999 Squadron? Here RAF 3 OTU Coastal Command (Operational Training Unit)!

6 airmen