a/c id'd as 'Lockheed' lost 5.11.1940

[FrankieS]

T4151:
"On 5th November 1940 flying a 77 Squadron Whitley T4151, P/O Miller, along with four other airmen, two of these were Sgt Gilbert and Sgt Thorpe who were on the Whitley which crashed on Arden Great Moor (detailed at the top of this page). On this flight in November 1940 they were undertaking a raid on Milan with other aircraft but after flying in electrical storms outbound this was the only aircraft to bomb Milan. The wireless became unservicable, strong winds and snow and ice over the Alps effected flying. After being in the air for over 11 hours (or 13 hours, the time varies from source to source) the aircraft was ditched in the North Sea off South Shields when they became lost and probably ran low on fuel. They were rescued from their dinghy by a passing steamer and taken ashore. "