ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20241
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| Date: | Sunday 29 March 1942 |
| Time: | 21:59 LT |
| Type: | Avro Manchester Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 106 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L7394 |
| MSN: | ZN-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea N of Terschelling, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby |
Takeoff at 19:30 hrs local time for a Gardening operation in the Frisian island chain.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Helmut Lent & Feldwebel Walter Kubisch of the Stab II./NJG 2, who had taken off from Leeuwarden airfield, in Bf 110 R4+EC.
No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found. This was their first operational sortie:
Crew:-
921126 Flt Sgt Edgar Robert Dimond RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial Panel 78.
405228 Flt Sgt Henry Chaytor Bussell RNZAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 117
115672 Plt Off Harold Selwyn Brough RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial Panel 68 (NCO:937496 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 07 April, 1942)
553853 Flt Sgt John Seery RAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 76.
1105999 Sgt Donald Swaine RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial Panel 94
113205 Sgt Alexander Currie RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial Panel 81.
625746 Sgt Francis Alfred Fry RAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 83.
Sources:
Air Britain RAF Aircraft L1000 - N9999
http://www.lostbombers.co.uk/
www.baaa-acro.com
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=L7394
CWGC
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-May-2008 06:03 | JINX | Added |
| 08-Jan-2016 14:43 | JIXN | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 29-Mar-2016 20:19 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Departure airport] |
| 26-Nov-2017 16:10 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2018 13:13 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 16-Apr-2020 10:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Jun-2022 23:10 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 29-Mar-2024 07:53 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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