Aircraft | Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V |
Serial Number | T4171 |
Markings | GE-O |
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Thornaby-on-Tees Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot O. Row N. Grave 6.. |
Epitaph | GREATER LOVE THAN THIS NO MAN HATH THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS |
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 142 |
Service Number | 902238 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 58 |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of origin if different | United States of America |
Adlam L F P (Sgt) |
Brown E H (F/O) |
Green C S G (Sgt) |
Start Date | 20-10-1940 |
End Date | 21-10-1940 |
Takeoff Station | Linton-on-Ouse |
Day/Night raid | Night |
Operation | Skoda armaments facility at Pilsen in Czechoslovakia |
Reason for Loss | Successful raid but became the first victim of a Luftwaffe intruder over England, crashing in the Cleveland Hills near Ingleby Greenhow |