ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 141746
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| Date: | Tuesday 2 June 1942 |
| Time: | 02:08 |
| Type: | Avro Manchester I |
| Owner/operator: | 49 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5794 |
| MSN: | EA-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Voorheide, Arendonk, Antwerp -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton |
Takeoff at 00:07 hrs for participation in the second 1000 bomber raid; this time the target being Essen, Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Feldwebel Heinz Pähler & Unteroffizier Artur Lux of the 2./NJG 1, who were flying a Lichtenstein-equipped Bf 110 from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands; crashed Voorheide, 12 km ENE Turnhout.
Those who were killed rest at Heverlee War Cemetery:
Pilot:101560 Plt Off William Clifford Shackleton - Heverlee War Cemetery Coll. grave 8. F. 1-5. (NCO:1065477, Gazette of 15th August 1941)
Pilot:987428 Flt Sgt Reginald Henry Hobson Garratt - Heverlee War Cemetery Coll. grave 8. F. 1-5.
Observer:1280264 Sgt Frank William Moles Wilson - Heverlee War Cemetery Coll. grave 8. F. 1-5.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: A402983 Sgt R C Shannon RAAF PoW Luft 3 , Luft 6 , Stalag 357. PoW Number 356.
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner: 1182253 Sgt Charles Douglas Nolan PoW Luft 3 , Luft 6 , Stalag 357. PoW Number 517.
Air Gunner:900970 Sgt George John Arscott Miles - Heverlee War Cemetery Coll. grave 8. F. 1-5.
Air Gunner:1387395 Sgt Ernest Albert Patey - Heverlee War Cemetery Coll. grave 8. F. 1-5.
Sources:
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft P1000 - R9999, published 1996
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R5794
Google Maps
49 Squadron Association
CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jan-2012 05:06 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 05-Jan-2018 21:26 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2018 05:12 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 24-Apr-2020 06:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Oct-2021 08:06 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Jun-2022 02:56 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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