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Old 12th June 2015, 15:10
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Identity of RAF Whitley 4 May 1941 (crew baled) shot down by 118 Squadron?

Hello

Whitley Identity?
I'm seeking assistance please, regarding the identity of a Whitley claimed to have been accidently shot down on the South coast by an aircraft of 118 Squadron on 3-4th May 1941? I am led to believe the crew all baled out.

Whitley T4336
Apparently, this is a separate incident to Whitley T4336 on 4-5/5/1941, a landing incident, in which Spitfire X4609 was involved, at Church Fenton.

Whitley T4299
Incidentally, a month earlier 3 April 1941, 2115 to 2120 hours Whitley T4299 of 51 Sqn was shot down near Blandford Dorset for not showing Resin lights at 10,000 feet, apparently crashing half a mile NE of the village of Manston, near Sturminster Newton, Dorset. Sgt W. N. Brindley 938689 (Sgt William Norman Brindley) was killed. It was later reported that F/Lt J. C. Carver had failed to identify the Whitley, according to A.V.M. Sir C. Quinton Brand, of No. 10 Group and W/Cdr Harvey. Air Marshal W. S Douglas raised the point that there was a lack of information concerning the movements of friendly bombers in the Filton Sector and that he was instructing A.O.C. No.10 Group to put this right immediately.

Other crew (uninjured) of Whitley T4299 were:-
43046 P/O Norman Edward Sharp;
81065 F/O Robert Clifford Alabaster;
11643 [poss partial, number 11643?] Sgt J. A. Gibson;
755506 Sgt L. U. Allum.

Thanks in anticipation, Mark

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