At the date of 17-08-1940, time: 0326, the aircraft type Whitley has been lost. The location of the plane was found at: Rijsbergen. The unit of crew and plane is: 10 Sqdn. First flyer rank: Flying Officer, name: W.M.N. Nixon. The plane belonged to the Allied forces.
Photos: G.Zijlstra
SGLO:
| Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | | 16/17 Aug 40 | - | Jena |
| | Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Call Sign | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield | | Armstrong Withworth | Whitley | V | P4955 | ZA-G | 10 Sqdn | RAF | 2034 | Leeming |
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| | Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province | | 0326 | Hit by Flak over Jena | Force landed Rijsbergen near Breda | | Noord-Brabant |
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| | Source | Mag / Page | Additional sources | | Chorley W.R., Bomber Command Losses 1939-1940 | 100 | SGLO losses '39-'41 for Rijsbergen |
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| Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Hon | Mil reg | Air Force | Cemetery | Grave | Remark |
| Pilot | F/O. | W.M.N. | Nixon | | | RAF | Survived | | pow | | Co-Pilot | F/O. | P.G. | Whitby | | | RAF | Survived | | pow | | Navigator | Sgt. | H.W. | Bradley | | | RAF | Survived | | pow | | Wireless op | Sgt. | E.R. | Holmes | | | RAF | Survived | | pow | | Air gunner | Sgt. | A.M. | Somerville | | | RAF | Survived | | pow |
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