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
Captured Beute MH-P
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