Accident Avro Manchester Mk I L7433,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21080
 
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Date:Monday 16 February 1942
Time:22:05
Type:Avro Manchester Mk I
Owner/operator:61 Sqn RAF
Registration: L7433
MSN: QR-B
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:North Sea north of Terschelling, Friesland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Woolfox Lodge
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Took off at 19:10 16 Feb 1942 for minelaying operation in the Terschelling Gat (Mussels region). The aircraft was hit by the 5./Marine-Flak-Abteilung 246 battery Terschelling-West and crashed into the sea.
Crew:
Pilot: Flt Sgt (989483) Peter Henry George Webster RAFVR - killed.
2nd Pilot: Sgt (NZ41490) Frederick Stanley Partridge RNZAF - killed.
F/Eng: Flt Sgt (580615) Anthony Lionel Ely Johnston RAFVR killed.
Navigator: Flt Sgt (553270) Kenneth Ashurst RAF killed.
WOp/Air Gunner: Flt Sgt (R/62715) Wendell Wilburn Fairbrother RCAF killed.
WOp/Air Gunner: Sgt (1380700) Arthur George Edward Pearce RAFVR killed.
AG: Sgt (1193558) Gordon Frederick George Rackstraw RAFVR killed.

Sources:

Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1419&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
14-Jun-2008 14:46 JINX Added
16-Feb-2012 02:15 Nepa Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
22-Aug-2013 18:50 JINX Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative]
07-Jan-2016 20:08 Angel dick one five Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative]
15-Feb-2017 10:20 TigerTimon Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Source]
16-Feb-2017 06:54 TigerTimon Updated [Aircraft type]
06-Nov-2017 12:15 Red Dragon Updated [Cn, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
06-Nov-2017 12:16 Red Dragon Updated [Operator]
03-Nov-2018 09:15 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]
04-Nov-2019 19:57 TigerTimon Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]
14-Jun-2022 23:14 Ron Averes Updated [Location]
18-Aug-2022 21:30 Nepa Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator]

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