51 RAF Squadron’s Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mark V (#Z9141), Code MH-J aircraft, took flight from its base at RAF Dishforth in North Yorkshire, with 5 aircrew members aboard, on a bombing operation over the Blohn and Voss Shipyards in Hamburg, Germany. The Whitley was one of a force of 123 aircraft all assigned to this particular operation. Z9141 transmitted the signal, “Operation Completed”, and changed direction for the return flight back to England. But a German night fighter attacked and shot down the aircraft, causing it to crash on a sandbar in the Wadden Sea near Polder de Eendracht on The Netherlands’ island of Texel.
The entire crew of five airmen perished in this crash were-
RAF Flight Lieutenant Arthur Eric BARSBY,
RAFVR Sergeant Jack Harris KNIGHT,
RCAF Sergeant Vincent SATIRE,
RNZAF Pilot Officer Stanley David STEEL,
RCAF Flight Sergeant Eric WARBURTON.
Rank: Sergeant
Military Service-
Trade: Observer
Service No: 918519
Age: 22
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 51 RAF Squadron [MOTTO: Swift and Sure]
Son of John Matthews Knight and Nellie M. Knight of Woking, Surrey, England.
The entire crew of five airmen perished in this crash were-
RAF Flight Lieutenant Arthur Eric BARSBY,
RAFVR Sergeant Jack Harris KNIGHT,
RCAF Sergeant Vincent SATIRE,
RNZAF Pilot Officer Stanley David STEEL,
RCAF Flight Sergeant Eric WARBURTON.
Rank: Sergeant
Military Service-
Trade: Observer
Service No: 918519
Age: 22
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 51 RAF Squadron [MOTTO: Swift and Sure]
Son of John Matthews Knight and Nellie M. Knight of Woking, Surrey, England.
51 RAF Squadron’s Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mark V (#Z9141), Code MH-J aircraft, took flight from its base at RAF Dishforth in North Yorkshire, with 5 aircrew members aboard, on a bombing operation over the Blohn and Voss Shipyards in Hamburg, Germany. The Whitley was one of a force of 123 aircraft all assigned to this particular operation. Z9141 transmitted the signal, “Operation Completed”, and changed direction for the return flight back to England. But a German night fighter attacked and shot down the aircraft, causing it to crash on a sandbar in the Wadden Sea near Polder de Eendracht on The Netherlands’ island of Texel.
The entire crew of five airmen perished in this crash were-
RAF Flight Lieutenant Arthur Eric BARSBY,
RAFVR Sergeant Jack Harris KNIGHT,
RCAF Sergeant Vincent SATIRE,
RNZAF Pilot Officer Stanley David STEEL,
RCAF Flight Sergeant Eric WARBURTON.
Rank: Sergeant
Military Service-
Trade: Observer
Service No: 918519
Age: 22
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 51 RAF Squadron [MOTTO: Swift and Sure]
Son of John Matthews Knight and Nellie M. Knight of Woking, Surrey, England.
The entire crew of five airmen perished in this crash were-
RAF Flight Lieutenant Arthur Eric BARSBY,
RAFVR Sergeant Jack Harris KNIGHT,
RCAF Sergeant Vincent SATIRE,
RNZAF Pilot Officer Stanley David STEEL,
RCAF Flight Sergeant Eric WARBURTON.
Rank: Sergeant
Military Service-
Trade: Observer
Service No: 918519
Age: 22
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 51 RAF Squadron [MOTTO: Swift and Sure]
Son of John Matthews Knight and Nellie M. Knight of Woking, Surrey, England.
Bio by: SJB Hearn
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