ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21068
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| Date: | Friday 13 March 1942 |
| Time: | 22:50 |
| Type: | Avro Manchester Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L7423 |
| MSN: | OL-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Broekhuizen, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire |
Airborne 20:30 hrs local time for an operation to Köln in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Reinhold Knacke & Unteroffizier Helmut Fischer of the 2./NJG 1, who had taken off from Venlo airfield, in Bf 110 G9+MK.
Observer P/O. J.R. Feirn has no known grave. The four others who did not survive were initially buried at Venlo. Currently, they rest at Jonkerbos war cemetery in Gelderland:
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Jonathan Lomax Bromiley RAF 67664 (NCO:1111132 : Commission Gazetted Friday 27 June, 1941) [PoW]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Peter Hollowell Foster RAFVR 933501 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Leonard Frank Rogers Davis RAFVR 755327 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Eric Rose RAFVR 954204 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Joseph Michael Thompson RCAF R/51638 [Killed]
Sergeant J Dowd RAF [PoW, escaped]
Pilot Officer John Rowland Feirn RAFVR 106564 (NCO:1266262 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 14 October, 1941) [Killed]
Sources:
Air Britain RAF Aircraft L1000 - N9999 & http://www.lostbombers.co.uk/bomber.php?id=5550
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1436&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 April 1942 | R5838 | 83 Sqn RAF | 1 | RAF Coltishall, Norfolk, England |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jun-2008 20:53 | JINX | Added |
| 01-Jul-2008 00:11 | JINX | Updated |
| 11-Mar-2017 15:50 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Mar-2017 07:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date] |
| 17-Nov-2017 18:22 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2018 12:16 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 14-Apr-2020 09:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Aug-2022 21:32 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 13-Mar-2024 07:52 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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