ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20104
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| Date: | Friday 27 June 1941 |
| Time: | 02:18 LT |
| Type: | Avro Manchester Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 61 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L7304 |
| MSN: | QR- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Marne, 'Adolf Hitler Koog', Schleswig-Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hemswell |
| RAF Hemswell |
Airborne 23:01 hrs for an operation to Kiel. Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Walter Fenske of the 3./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Schleswig airfield.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Kenneth Gordon Webb RAF 42924 [Killed] (Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 07 November, 1939)
2nd Pilot : Pilot Officer Laurence Trevor Glover RAFVR 67037 [Killed] (NCO:742147 Commission Gazetted : Friday 20 June, 1941)
Observer : Flight Sergeant Frank Woodruff RAFVR 759317 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant John Woodward RAFVR 745911 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Pilot Officer Cyril McCulloch Bateman RAFVR 65498 [Killed] (NCO:968336 Commission Gazetted : Friday 30 May, 1941)
Air Gunner : Sergeant Francis Sydney Haslemore RNZAF NZ/401807 [Killed]
Sources:
Air-Britain: Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 February 1942 | R5834 | 61 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Horsham St Faith, near Norwich, Norfolk, England |  |
w/o |
| 7 April 1942 | L7470 | 61 Sqn RAF | 7 | Piringen, Tongeren, Limburg |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-May-2008 00:41 | JINX | Added |
| 17-Aug-2011 04:02 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Feb-2012 01:57 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jul-2013 07:42 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 09:25 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 27-Jun-2019 12:44 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Aug-2022 22:15 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 26-Jun-2023 06:35 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Source, Narrative, Operator]] |
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