<p>From the adjacent sign board:-
</p><p>“Propellor hub and Crank Shaft from an Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V serial T4151, coded KN-N of RAF Topcliffe. It ditched 8 miles east of North Shields on 6th November 1940 while returning from a 13 hour operation over Milan, Italy. They encountered sever electrical storms and were uncertain of their position.
The following crew were picked up by local steamer:-
P/O H.H.Miller
Sgt.Gilbert
Sgt.Thorpe
Sgt.Hurlston
Sgt.Bingham”
</p><p>On display in the Bamburgh Castle Aviation Artefacts Museum,
Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland, UK.
</p>
12th September 2017
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/65001151@N03">Alan Wilson</a> from Stilton, Peterborough, Cambs, UK
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