Whitley (Total: 985, Canadian: 249, Group 0)
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley
The Armstrong Whitworth AW 38 Whitley was one of three British twin-engined, front line bomber types that were in service with the Royal Air Force (RAF) at the outbreak of the Second World War. Alongside the Vickers Wellington and the Handley Page Hampden, the Whitley was developed during the mid-1930s according to Air Ministry Specification B.3/34, which it was subsequently selected to meet. In 1937, the Whitley formally entered into RAF squadron service; it was the first of the three medium bombers to be introduced. Following the outbreak of war in September 1939, the Whitley participated in the first RAF bombing raid upon German territory and remained an integral part of the early British bomber offensive. In 1942 it was superseded as a bomber by the larger four-engined "heavies" such as the Avro Lancaster. Its front line service included maritime reconnaissance with Coastal Command and the second line roles of glider-tug, trainer and transport aircraft. The type was also procured by British Overseas Airways Corporation as a civilian freighter aircraft. The aircraft was named after Whitley, a suburb of Coventry, home of one of Armstrong Whitworth's plants.
John Lloyd, the Chief Designer of Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft, selected the Armstrong Siddeley Tiger IX radial engine to power the Whitley, which was capable of generating 795 hp (593 kW). One of the more innovative features of the Whitley's design was the adoption of a three-bladed two-position variable-pitch propeller built by de Havilland; the Whitley was the first aircraft to fly with such an arrangement. Lloyd was unfamiliar with the use of flaps on a large heavy monoplane, they were initially omitted from the design. To compensate, the mid-set wings were set at a high angle of incidence (8.5°) to confer good take-off and landing performance. Although flaps were included late in the design stage, the wing remained unaltered; as a result, the Whitley flew with a pronounced nose-down attitude when at cruising speed, resulting in considerable drag. The Whitley holds the distinction of having been the first RAF aircraft with a semi-monocoque fuselage, which was built using a slab-sided structure to ease production. This replaced the tubular construction method traditionally employed by Armstrong Whitworth, who instead constructed the airframe from light-alloy rolled sections, pressings and corrugated sheets.
The Whitley had a crew of five: a pilot, co-pilot/navigator, a bomb aimer, a wireless operator and a rear gunner. The pilot and second pilot/navigator sat side by side in the cockpit, with the wireless operator further back. The navigator, his seat mounted on rails and able to pivot, slid backwards and rotated to the left to use the chart table behind him after takeoff. The bomb aimer position was in the nose with a gun turret located directly above. The fuselage aft of the wireless operator was divided horizontally by the bomb bay; behind the bomb bay was the main entrance and aft of that the rear turret. The offensive armaments were stowed in two bomb bays housed within the fuselage, along with a further 14 smaller cells in the wing. Other sources state there were 16 "cells" total: two groups of 2 in the fuselage, and four groups of 3 in the wings, plus two smaller cells for parachute flares in the rear fuselage. Bomb racks capable of holding larger bombs were installed on the Whitley Mk III variant. Wikipedia
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Harold A Skaarup Web PageWhitley Mk. II serial K7255
s/n K7255
m/d AW 38
K 7255
Known Units: ;97
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley serial K8950
s/n K8950
K 8950
Known Units: 102
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley serial K8957
s/n K8957
K 8957
Known Units: 166
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley serial K9048
s/n K9048
K 9048
Known Units: 51
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial N1357
s/n N1357
m/d AW 38
N 1357
Known Units: ;77
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial N1361
s/n N1361
m/d AW 38
N 1361
Known Units: ;78
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial N1376
s/n N1376
m/d AW 38
N 1376
Known Units: ;102
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial N1379
s/n N1379
m/d AW 38
N 1379
Known Units: ;19
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial N1390
s/n N1390
m/d AW 38
N 1390
Known Units: ;24
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial N1393
s/n N1393
m/d AW 38
N 1393
Known Units: ;19
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial N1405
s/n N1405
m/d AW 38
N 1405
Known Units: ;51
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial N1426
s/n N1426
m/d AW 38
N 1426
Known Units: ;19
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial N1430
s/n N1430
m/d AW 38
N 1430
Known Units: ;19
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial N1434
s/n N1434
m/d AW 38
N 1434
Known Units: ;58
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial N1439
s/n N1439
m/d AW 38
N 1439
Known Units: ;10
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial N1442
s/n N1442
m/d AW 38
N 1442
Known Units: ;58
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial N1460
s/n N1460
m/d AW 38
N 1460
Known Units: ;58
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial N1470
s/n N1470
m/d AW 38
N 1470
Known Units: ;58
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial N1474
s/n N1474
m/d AW 38
N 1474
Known Units: ;10
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial N1478
s/n N1478
m/d AW 38
N 1478
Known Units: ;78
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial N1505
s/n N1505
m/d AW 38
N 1505
Known Units: ;42
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial N1522
s/n N1522
m/d AW 38
N 1522
Known Units: ;77
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley MK. V serial P4931
s/n P4931
P 4931
Whitley MK. V serial P4936
s/n P4936
P 4936
Known Units: 102
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley MK. V serial P4940
s/n P4940
P 4940
Known Units: 10 OTU
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley MK. V serial P4944
s/n P4944
P 4944
Known Units: 10 OTU
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley MK. V serial P4964
s/n P4964
P 4964
Known Units: 78
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial P4982
s/n P4982
Armstrong Whitworth
P 4982
Known Units: ;51
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial P4992
s/n P4992
P 4992
Known Units: ;77
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley serial P4994
s/n P4994
P 4994
Known Units: ;10
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial P4996
s/n P4996
Armstrong Whitworth
P 4996
Known Units: ;78
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley MK. V serial P5005
s/n P5005
P 5005
Known Units: 19 OTU
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley MK. V serial P5051
s/n P5051
P 5051
Known Units: 3 (C) OTU
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley MK. V serial P5057
s/n P5057
P 5057
Known Units: 10 OTU
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley MK. V serial P5076
s/n P5076
P 5076
Known Units: 19 OTU
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley MK. V serial P5083
s/n P5083
P 5083
Whitley MK. V serial P5100
s/n P5100
P 5100
Known Units: 24 OTU
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley MK. V serial P5101
s/n P5101
P 5101
Known Units: 19 OTU
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley MK. V serial P5102
s/n P5102
P 5102
Known Units: 19 OTU
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley MK. V serial P5103
s/n P5103
P 5103
Known Units: 19 OTU
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley MK. V serial P5109
s/n P5109
P 5109
Known Units: 10
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial T4166
s/n T4166
T 4166
Known Units: ;138
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley MK. V serial T4209
s/n T4209
T 4209
Known Units: 78
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial T4231
s/n T4231
T 4231
Known Units: ;10
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley MK. V serial T4233
s/n T4233
T 4233
Known Units: 102
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley MK. V serial T4234
s/n T4234
T 4234
Known Units: 10
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley MK. V serial T4265
s/n T4265
T 4265
Known Units: 10
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley MK. V serial T4279
s/n T4279
T 4279
Known Units: 77
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley MK. V serial T4296
s/n T4296
T 4296
Known Units: 612
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley MK. V serial T4323
s/n T4323
T 4323
Known Units: 10 OTU
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley MK. V serial T4333
s/n T4333
T 4333
Known Units: 19 OTU
last update: 2025-November-06
1941-September-12 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Alexander George Batchen 2025-09-27 1941-September-12 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Joseph Louis Collins 2025-09-27 1941-September-12 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant Robert Frances Stephens 2025-09-27 1941-September-12 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant Robert Laing Roy Younger 2024-12-30 Whitley MK. V serial T4337
s/n T4337
T 4337
Known Units: 10 OTU
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley MK. V serial T4339
s/n T4339
T 4339
Whitley V serial Z6476
s/n Z6476
m/d AW 38
Z 6476
Known Units: ;10
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6478
s/n Z6478
m/d AW 38
Z 6478
Known Units: ;10
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6479
s/n Z6479
m/d AW 38
Z 6479
Known Units: ;51
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6484
s/n Z6484
m/d AW 38
Z 6484
Known Units: ;78
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6505
s/n Z6505
m/d AW 38
Z 6505
Known Units: ;51
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6506
s/n Z6506
m/d AW 38
Z 6506
Known Units: ;58
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6507
s/n Z6507
m/d AW 38
Z 6507
Known Units: ;58
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6508
s/n Z6508
m/d AW 38
Z 6508
Known Units: ;78
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6554
s/n Z6554
m/d AW 38
Z 6554
Known Units: ;502
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6555
s/n Z6555
m/d AW 38
Z 6555
Known Units: ;78
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6556
s/n Z6556
m/d AW 38
Z 6556
Known Units: ;51
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6564
s/n Z6564
m/d AW 38
Z 6564
Known Units: ;10
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6566
s/n Z6566
m/d AW 38
Q
Z 6566
Known Units: ;51
last update: 2025-November-06
Bombing Cologne Germany 1941-08-18 to 1941-08-19
51 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Dishforth, North Yorkshire
From Nation archives in Britain
Sergeant D A Switzer (RCAF), Sergeant W B James (RCAF), Sergeant C D Roberts, Sergeant A G Lowe, Sergeant H R Janes: prisoners of war; aircraft shot down and crashed near Cologne, Germany, Whitley Z6566, 51 Squadron, 19 August 1941
Whitley V serial Z6569
s/n Z6569
m/d AW 38
Z 6569
Known Units: ;51
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6571
s/n Z6571
m/d AW 38
Z 6571
Known Units: ;78
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6573
s/n Z6573
m/d AW 38
Z 6573
Known Units: ;102
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6574
s/n Z6574
m/d AW 38
Z 6574
Known Units: ;102
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6576
s/n Z6576
m/d AW 38
Z 6576
Known Units: ;102
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6577
s/n Z6577
m/d AW 38
Z 6577
Known Units: ;78
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6579
s/n Z6579
m/d AW 38
Z 6579
Known Units: ;10
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6581
s/n Z6581
m/d AW 38
Z 6581
Known Units: ;10
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6586
s/n Z6586
m/d AW 38
Z 6586
Known Units: ;10
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6628
s/n Z6628
m/d AW 38
Z 6628
Known Units: ;19
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6629
s/n Z6629
m/d AW 38
Z 6629
Known Units: ;161
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6639
s/n Z6639
m/d AW 38
Z 6639
Known Units: ;24
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6642
s/n Z6642
m/d AW 38
Z 6642
Known Units: ;77
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6657
s/n Z6657
m/d AW 38
Z 6657
Known Units: ;51
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6667
s/n Z6667
m/d AW 38
Z 6667
Whitley V serial Z6668
s/n Z6668
m/d AW 38
Z 6668
Known Units: ;77
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6671
s/n Z6671
m/d AW 38
Z 6671
Known Units: ;10
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6672
s/n Z6672
m/d AW 38
Z 6672
Known Units: ;10
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6729
s/n Z6729
m/d AW 38
T
Z 6729
Known Units:
last update: 2025-November-06
Bombing Cologne Germany 1941-08-16 to 1941-08-17
58 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Linton-on-Ouse
51 Squadron RAF Linton-on-Ouse. Whitley V aircraft Z 6729 GE-T was shot down by night- fighter pilot Oberleutnant Willi Dimter 1/NJG1 during an operation against targets in Cologne, Germany. The bomber crashed near Diaconessen Hospital at Breda - Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands with the entire crew surviving to become Prisoners of War
Flight Sergeant John Bayman Nickerson (RCAF), Sergeant Sidney Frederick Davidson (RAFVR), Sergeant Bernard Agur Hammond (RAFVR), Sergeant Terrance Anthony Nichols (RAFVR) and Sergeant Ronald Denis Wagstaff (RAFVR) all survived to become Prisoners of War
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 13 July 1941 - 29 May 1942 The early Years Part 2 by Theo Boiten, page 30
1941-August-17 PoW RAFVR Sergeant Sidney Frederick Davidson 2024-12-12 1941-August-17 PoW RAFVR Sergeant Bernard Agur Hammond 2024-12-12 1941-August-17 PoW RAFVR Sergeant Terrance Anthony Nichols 2024-12-12 1941-August-17 PoW Early Release RCAF Flight Sergeant John Bayman Nickerson 2025-01-16 1941-August-17 PoW RAFVR Sergeant Ronald Denis Wagstaff 2024-12-12 Whitley V serial Z6730
s/n Z6730
m/d AW 38
Z 6730
Known Units: ;19
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6731
s/n Z6731
m/d AW 38
Z 6731
Known Units: ;51
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6733
s/n Z6733
m/d AW 38
Z 6733
Known Units: ;502
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6740
s/n Z6740
m/d AW 38
Z 6740
Known Units: ;77
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6742
s/n Z6742
m/d AW 38
Z 6742
Known Units: ;78
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6744
s/n Z6744
m/d AW 38
Z 6744
Known Units: ;51
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6750
s/n Z6750
m/d AW 38
Z 6750
Known Units: ;19
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6754
s/n Z6754
m/d AW 38
Z 6754
Known Units: ;78
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6760
s/n Z6760
m/d AW 38
Z 6760
Known Units: ;19
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6794
s/n Z6794
m/d AW 38
Z 6794
Known Units: ;10
last update: 2025-November-06
1941-August-17 PoW RCAF Flight Sergeant Jack Edward Fulkerson 2022-05-25 1941-August-17 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Eric Harry Lager 2022-05-25 1941-August-17 PoW RCAF Flight Sergeant Jacques Meyers 2022-05-25 1941-August-17 KIA RCAF Sergeant Vernon Young Hodgson Sewell 2022-05-25 1941-August-17 PoW RCAF Flight Sergeant Simon Shapiro 2022-05-25 Whitley V serial Z6795
s/n Z6795
m/d AW 38
Z 6795
Known Units: ;10
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6796
s/n Z6796
m/d AW 38
Z 6796
Known Units: ;102
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6801
s/n Z6801
m/d AW 38
Z 6801
Known Units: ;77
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6803
s/n Z6803
m/d AW 38
Z 6803
Known Units: ;51
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6805
s/n Z6805
m/d AW 38
Z 6805
Known Units: ;10
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6811
s/n Z6811
m/d AW 38
Z 6811
Known Units: ;51
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6815
s/n Z6815
m/d AW 38
Z 6815
Known Units: ;10
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6816
s/n Z6816
m/d AW 38
Z 6816
Known Units: ;10
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6818
s/n Z6818
m/d AW 38
Z 6818
Whitley V serial Z6824
s/n Z6824
m/d AW 38
Z 6824
Known Units: ;77
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6826
s/n Z6826
m/d AW 38
Z 6826
Known Units: ;77
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6829
s/n Z6829
m/d AW 38
Z 6829
Known Units: ;102
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6837
s/n Z6837
m/d AW 38
Z 6837
Whitley V serial Z6839
s/n Z6839
m/d AW 38
Z 6839
Known Units: ;51
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6841
s/n Z6841
m/d AW 38
Z 6841
Known Units: ;58
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6862
s/n Z6862
m/d AW 38
Z 6862
Known Units: ;102
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6864
s/n Z6864
m/d AW 38
Z 6864
Known Units: ;102
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6870
s/n Z6870
m/d AW 38
Z 6870
Known Units: ;102
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6871
s/n Z6871
m/d AW 38
Z 6871
Known Units: ;102
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6874
s/n Z6874
m/d AW 38
Z 6874
Whitley V serial Z6877
s/n Z6877
m/d AW 38
Z 6877
Known Units: ;102
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6878
s/n Z6878
m/d AW 38
Z 6878
Known Units: ;42
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6879
s/n Z6879
m/d AW 38
Z 6879
Known Units: ;58
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6932
s/n Z6932
m/d AW 38
Z 6932
Known Units: ;10
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6933
s/n Z6933
m/d AW 38
Z 6933
Known Units: ;19
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6934
s/n Z6934
m/d AW 38
Z 6934
Known Units: ;77
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6936
s/n Z6936
m/d AW 38
Z 6936
Known Units: ;58
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6940
s/n Z6940
m/d AW 38
Z 6940
Known Units: ;161
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6942
s/n Z6942
m/d AW 38
Z 6942
Known Units: ;10
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6944
s/n Z6944
m/d AW 38
Z 6944
Known Units: ;58
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6946
s/n Z6946
m/d AW 38
Z 6946
Known Units: ;102
last update: 2025-November-06
1941-September-03 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Lawrence Melbert Bowen 2024-11-16 1941-September-03 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Donald Machell Bozer 2025-02-17 1941-September-03 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Seward Terry Modeland 2025-02-04 1941-September-03 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Jackson Corwin Nixon 2025-02-04 Whitley V serial Z6950
s/n Z6950
m/d AW 38
Z 6950
Known Units: ;77
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6951
s/n Z6951
m/d AW 38
Z 6951
Known Units: ;102
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6953
s/n Z6953
m/d AW 38
Z 6953
Known Units: ;77
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6956
s/n Z6956
m/d AW 38
Z 6956
Known Units: ;77
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6957
s/n Z6957
m/d AW 38
Z 6957
Known Units: ;51
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6970
s/n Z6970
m/d AW 38
Z 6970
Known Units: ;102
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6972
s/n Z6972
m/d AW 38
Z 6972
Known Units: ;58
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6973
s/n Z6973
m/d AW 38
Z 6973
Known Units: ;102
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6974
s/n Z6974
m/d AW 38
Z 6974
Known Units: ;10
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial Z6975
s/n Z6975
m/d AW 38
Z 6975
Known Units: ;77
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley serial Z9017
s/n Z9017
Z 9017
Known Units: 19 OTU
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley MK. V serial Z9128
s/n Z9128
Z 9128
Known Units: 102
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial Z9130
s/n Z9130
Z 9130
Known Units: 51
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial Z9141
s/n Z9141
Z 9141
Known Units: 51
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial Z9150
s/n Z9150
Z 9150
Known Units: 77
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial Z9151
s/n Z9151
Z 9151
Known Units: 78
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial Z9154
s/n Z9154
Z 9154
Known Units: 58
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial Z9155
s/n Z9155
Z 9155
Known Units: 58
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial Z9158
s/n Z9158
Z 9158
Known Units: 138
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial Z9159
s/n Z9159
Z 9159
Known Units: 138
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial Z9163
s/n Z9163
Z 9163
Known Units: 24 OTU
last update: 2025-November-06
1944-April-10 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Thomas Wilfred Mechefske 2021-08-16 1944-April-10 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer George Joseph Herman Palsen 2023-09-09 1944-April-10 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant Robert Francis Charles Reaume 2021-08-10 1944-April-10 KIFA RCAF Warrant Officer 2 Roy Frederick Schimmens 2024-11-01 1944-April-10 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Frederick Curtis Smith 2021-07-26 Whitley Mk. V serial Z9164
s/n Z9164
Z 9164
Known Units: 51
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial Z9192
s/n Z9192
Z 9192
Known Units: 502
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial Z9202
s/n Z9202
Z 9202
Known Units: 51
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial Z9209
s/n Z9209
Z 9209
Known Units: 77
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial Z9210
s/n Z9210
Z 9210
Known Units: 58
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial Z9212
s/n Z9212
Z 9212
Known Units: 102
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial Z9215
s/n Z9215
Z 9215
Known Units: 51
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial Z9220
s/n Z9220
Z 9220
Known Units: 51
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial Z9221
s/n Z9221
Z 9221
Known Units:
last update: 2025-November-06
1942-March-28 KIA RAF Sergeant Douglas Murton Colledge 2025-11-03
1943-March-28 Survived RNZAF Pilot Officer James Arnold Harrison 2025-11-03 1943-March-28 Survived RCAF Sergeant Joseph Wallace Paul Emile Louthood 2025-11-03 1943-March-28 Survived RAF Flt Sergeant Michael O'Donovan-Fuller 2025-11-03 1943-March-28 Survived RNZAF Sergeant Andrew McArthur Weddell 2025-11-03 Whitley Mk. V serial Z9226
s/n Z9226
Z 9226
Known Units: 77
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial Z9229
s/n Z9229
Z 9229
Known Units: 77
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial Z9231
s/n Z9231
Armstrong Whitworth
Z 9231
Known Units: ;77
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial Z9279
s/n Z9279
Z 9279
Known Units: 19 OTU
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial Z9283
s/n Z9283
Z 9283
Known Units: 102
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial Z9289
s/n Z9289
Z 9289
Known Units: 102
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial Z9294
s/n Z9294
Z 9294
Known Units: 10 OTU
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial Z9299
s/n Z9299
Z 9299
Known Units: 77
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial Z9305
s/n Z9305
Z 9305
Known Units: 78;77
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial Z9306
s/n Z9306
Z 9306
Known Units: 77
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial Z9307
s/n Z9307
Z 9307
Known Units: 1502 Flt
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial Z9312
s/n Z9312
Z 9312
Known Units: 77
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial Z9315
s/n Z9315
Z 9315
Known Units: 51
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial Z9365
s/n Z9365
Z 9365
Known Units: 502
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial Z9385
s/n Z9385
Z 9385
Known Units: 138
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial Z9386
s/n Z9386
Z 9386
Known Units: 77
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial Z9388
s/n Z9388
Z 9388
Known Units: 58
58 Squadron (Alis Nocturnis). Whitley aircraft Z 9388 had one engine fail and then it crashed in the sea off Bantry Beach, Ireland.
last update: 2025-February-05Whitley Mk. V serial Z9423
s/n Z9423
Z 9423
Known Units: 51
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial Z9424
s/n Z9424
Z 9424
Known Units: 51
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley serial Z9426
s/n Z9426
Z 9426
Known Units: ;58
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial Z9428
s/n Z9428
Z 9428
Whitley serial Z9440
s/n Z9440
Z 9440
Known Units: ;10
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial Z9441
s/n Z9441
Z 9441
Known Units: 24 OTU
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley serial Z9442
s/n Z9442
Z 9442
Known Units: ;58
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial Z9461
s/n Z9461
Z 9461
Known Units: 77
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley serial Z9465
s/n Z9465
Armstrong Whitworth
Z 9465
Known Units: ;51
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial Z9470
s/n Z9470
Z 9470
Known Units: 24 OTU
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial Z9472
s/n Z9472
Z 9472
Known Units: 10 OTU
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley serial Z9477
s/n Z9477
Armstrong Whitworth
Z 9477
Known Units: ;77
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial Z9512
s/n Z9512
Z 9512
Known Units: 24 OTU
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley serial Z9515
s/n Z9515
Z 9515
Known Units: 77
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley serial Z9517
s/n Z9517
Z 9517
Known Units: ;58
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial Z9518
s/n Z9518
Z 9518
Known Units: 58
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial Z9522
s/n Z9522
Z 9522
Known Units: 58
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial Z9525
s/n Z9525
Z 9525
Known Units: 58
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial AD671
s/n AD671
m/d AW 38
AD 671
Known Units: ;10
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial AD675
s/n AD675
m/d AW 38
AD 675
Known Units: ;24
last update: 2025-November-06
1943-November-04 PoW RCAF Sergeant Frederick William Forster 2021-02-14 1943-November-04 Evader RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class G A Gauley 2021-02-14 1943-November-04 Evader RCAF Flight Lieutenant J L Kennedy 2021-02-14 1943-November-04 Evader RCAF Sergeant A E Spencer 2021-02-14 1943-November-04 Evader RCAF Sergeant J H Upton 2021-02-14 Whitley V serial AD685
s/n AD685
m/d AW 38
AD 685
Known Units: ;19
last update: 2025-November-06
1944-October-17 KIFA RCAF Pilot Officer John Frederick Dowding 2024-10-28 1944-October-17 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Leslie John Olmstead 2021-08-18 1944-October-17 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer Kenneth Reed 2021-08-10 1944-October-17 KIFA RCAF Pilot Officer Alexander Lorne Sunstrum 2021-07-21 1944-October-17 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer Walter Douglas Wall 2021-07-12 Whitley V serial AD689
s/n AD689
m/d AW 38
AD 689
Known Units: ;10
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial AD697
s/n AD697
m/d AW 38
AD 697
Known Units: ;24
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial AD701
s/n AD701
m/d AW 38
AD 701
Known Units: ;24
last update: 2025-November-06
1944-May-23 KIA RCAF Flying Officer David Webster Goodwin 2023-09-12 1944-May-23 KIA RCAF Sergeant Wilfred Gordon Harris 2023-09-12 1944-May-23 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Joseph Hong 2023-09-12 1944-May-23 KIA RCAF Sergeant Jack Hopper 2023-09-12 1944-May-23 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 1st Class Joseph Gaston Jacques 2023-09-12 1944-May-23 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Charles Beverley Wyckoff 2023-09-12 Whitley V serial AD712
s/n AD712
m/d AW 38
AD 712
Known Units: ;19
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley V serial AD714
s/n AD714
m/d AW 38
AD 714
Known Units: ;10
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial BD195
s/n BD195
m/d AW 38
BD 195
Known Units: ;77
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial BD204
s/n BD204
m/d AW 38
BD 204
Known Units:
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial BD210
s/n BD210
m/d AW 38
BD 210
Known Units: ;58
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial BD212
s/n BD212
m/d AW 38
BD 212
Known Units: ;19
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial BD213
s/n BD213
m/d AW 38
BD 213
Known Units: ;19
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial BD232
s/n BD232
m/d AW 38
BD 232
Known Units: ;24
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial BD257
s/n BD257
m/d AW 38
BD 257
Known Units: ;81
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial BD258
s/n BD258
m/d AW 38
BD 258
Known Units:
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial BD266
s/n BD266
m/d AW 38
BD 266
Known Units: ;24
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial BD267
s/n BD267
m/d AW 38
BD 267
Whitley Mk. V serial BD276
s/n BD276
m/d AW 38
BD 276
Known Units: ;10
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial BD281
s/n BD281
m/d AW 38
BD 281
Known Units: ;10
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial BD282
s/n BD282
m/d AW 38
BD 282
Known Units: ;10
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial BD290
s/n BD290
m/d AW 38
BD 290
Known Units: ;10
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial BD293
s/n BD293
m/d AW 38
BD 293
Known Units: ;10
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial BD349
s/n BD349
m/d AW 38
BD 349
Known Units: ;19
last update: 2025-November-06
Operational 1942-07-26 to 1942-07-26
(OT) OTU (RAF) Kinloss
19 Operational Training Unit. Whitley aircraft BD 349 caught fire at 11,000 feet, went into a dive at 2,000 feet and crashed in the North Sea some 2 miles out from Balintore, in an area called the Moray Firth, Scotland. Four RAF crew members, Sgts. G.G. Scott, J.E. Millar, C.E. Hughes, and P/O. R.T. Meek and one Canadian, Sergeant Thomas McGee RCAF, were all killed.
1942-July-26 KIFA RAFVR Sergeant Charles Errrol Hayes 2025-06-11 1942-July-26 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant Thomas Bartley McGee 2025-06-11 1942-July-26 KIFA RAFVR Pilot Officer Reginald Thorley Meek 2025-06-11 1942-July-26 KIFA RAFVR Sergeant John Edward Millar 2025-06-11 1942-July-26 KIFA RAF Sergeant George Gardiner Scott 2025-06-11 Whitley Mk. V serial BD358
s/n BD358
m/d AW 38
BD 358
Known Units: ;24
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial BD359
s/n BD359
m/d AW 38
BD 359
Known Units: ;19;10
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial BD368
s/n BD368
m/d AW 38
BD 368
Known Units: ;24
last update: 2025-November-06
1943-September-04 PoW RCAF Sergeant Robert Gillespie Gillham 2023-09-09 1943-September-04 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class George Patrick Halverson 2023-09-09 1943-September-04 PoW RCAF Sergeant Thomas Otto MacKay 2023-09-09 1943-September-04 PoW RCAF Flight Sergeant William Wallace Massie 2023-09-09 1943-September-04 PoW RCAF Flight Sergeant Walter John Prausa 2023-09-09 Whitley Mk. V serial BD378
s/n BD378
m/d AW 38
BD 378
Known Units: ;10
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial BD414
s/n BD414
m/d AW 38
BD 414
Whitley Mk. V serial BD420
s/n BD420
m/d AW 38
BD 420
Known Units: ;81
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. VII serial BD428
s/n BD428
m/d AW 38
BD 428
Known Units: ;502
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial BD438
s/n BD438
m/d AW 38
BD 438
Known Units: ;HGCU
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial BD442
s/n BD442
m/d AW 38
BD 442
Known Units: ;24
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial BD536
s/n BD536
m/d AW 38
BD 536
Known Units: ;296
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial BD538
s/n BD538
m/d AW 38
BD 538
Known Units: ;295
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial BD543
s/n BD543
m/d AW 38
BD 543
Known Units: ;296
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. VII serial BD564
s/n BD564
m/d AW 38
BD 564
Known Units: ;502
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. V serial BD627
s/n BD627
m/d AW 38
BD 627
Known Units: ;19
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. VII serial BD681
s/n BD681
m/d AW 38
BD 681
Known Units: ;10
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley Mk. VII serial BD683
s/n BD683
m/d AW 38
BD 683
Known Units: ;612
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley serial EB338
s/n EB338
EB 338
Known Units: 81 OTU
last update: 2025-November-06
1943-May-13 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Gordon Belec 2025-10-30 1943-May-13 Survived RAF Flt Lieutenant Ernest James Bull 2025-10-30 1943-May-13 Survived RAF Sergeant Edwin Fuller Harris 2025-10-30 1943-May-13 Survived RAF Wing Commander Timothy Kennedy DFC 2025-10-30 1943-May-13 Survived RAF Sergeant Spencer Otty 2025-10-30 1943-May-13 Survived RNZAF Norman James Prime 2025-10-30 Whitley serial EB347
s/n EB347
EB 347
Known Units: 24 OTU
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley serial EB348
s/n EB348
EB 348
Known Units: 24 OTU
last update: 2025-November-06
1943-October-21 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Bernard William Burke 2024-11-24 1943-October-21 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant William James Christie 2025-10-02 1943-October-21 KIFA RCAF Warrant Officer 2 William Harold Howson 2025-03-26 1943-October-21 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant James Herbert McMaster 2025-03-26 1943-October-21 KIFA RCAF Sergeant William Paterson 2025-03-26 Whitley serial EB349
s/n EB349
EB 349
Known Units: 24 OTU
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley serial EB384
s/n EB384
EB 384
Known Units: 19 OTU
last update: 2025-November-06
1944-May-26 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer Burghard Hans Dobesch 2025-07-06 1944-May-26 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Thomas Edward Ramsay Donnelly 2025-07-06 1944-May-26 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer Raymond Fraser Edwards 2025-07-06 1944-May-26 KIFA RCAF Sergeant James Eugene Gray 2025-07-06 1944-May-26 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Noel Thompson Kester 2025-07-06 Whitley serial EB387
s/n EB387
EB 387
Known Units: 19 OTU
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley serial EB404
s/n EB404
EB 404
Known Units: 81 OTU
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley MK. V serial LA766
s/n LA766
LA 766
Known Units: 81 OTU
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley MK. V serial LA784
s/n LA784
LA 784
Known Units: 10 OTU
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley MK. Vll serial LA814
s/n LA814
LA 814
Known Units: 10 OTU
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley MK. V serial LA831
s/n LA831
LA 831
Known Units: 81 OTU
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley MK. V serial LA836
s/n LA836
LA 836
Known Units: 19 OTU
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley MK. V serial LA841
s/n LA841
LA 841
Known Units: 19 OTU
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley MK. V serial LA853
s/n LA853
LA 853
Known Units: 19 OTU
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley MK. V serial LA877
s/n LA877
LA 877
Known Units: 19 OTU
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley MK. V serial LA879
s/n LA879
LA 879
Known Units: 10 OTU
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley MK. V serial LA882
s/n LA882
LA 882
Known Units: 10 OTU
last update: 2025-November-06
Whitley MK. V serial LA937
s/n LA937
LA 937
Known Units: 81 OTU
last update: 2025-November-06