[Alex Smart]

Hello,
78 Sqdn losses Whitley -1939/40

N1487 21/22 July 40 - all crew killed. Believed S/d near Sprakel to the N of Munster.
N1478 14/15 Sept 40 - all crew killed. Lost without trace, Target was Oil tanks at Vlissingen.
P4964 1/2 Oct 40 - all crew killed, crashed Heeenweg, Hummelo,21km E of Arnhem.
T4156 - EY-L 19/20 Nov 40 - all crew POW.[ a/c "L" so not this one].
P5026 28/29 Nov 40 - all crew POW, 1 crew evaded/recaptured, a/c came down on the Isle of Juist .
P4958 2/3 Dec 40 - Crashed on take-off all crew injured but safe.
N1485 13/14 Dec 40 - 3 crew killed a/c abandoned over the Wash.
P4950 28/29 Dec 40 - all crew POW,a/c abandoned, crashed near Lanvollon.


Ref: BCL vol 1 revised.

Alex