ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21082
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| Date: | Sunday 29 March 1942 |
| Time: | 23:30 |
| Type: | Avro Manchester Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 61 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L7454 |
| MSN: | QR-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea near Terschelling, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Woolfox Lodge |
Takeoff at 20:20 hrs local time for a Gardening operation in the Frisian island chain.
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 Leeuwarden airfield, in Bf 110 E-1 R4+CC. The crew achieved the victory using the new Lichtenstein A/I radar.
All seven crew members are missing in action:
Pilot:104514 Plt Off Cecil Stephen Churchill RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial Panel 68. NCO:1378289, Gazette of 19th September 1941
2nd Pilot: 113273 Plt Off Ian McKenzie Cassavetti RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial Panel 68. NCO:1169048, Gazette of 11th November 1941
Navigator: J/6653 Plt Off Joseph Frederic Chevalier RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 100.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1112246 Sgt Hugh Dracass RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial Panel 82.
Air Gunner:1153452 Sgt Donald Alistair Barham Hume RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial Panel 86.
Air Gunner: 938688 Sgt Raymond Dawson RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial Panel 81.
Flight Engineer: 627659 Sgt John Mitchell RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial Panel 89.
Sources:
Air-Britain: Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999
http://www.lostbombers.co.uk/bomber.php?id=2453
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1465A
CWGC
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=R0266&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Jun-2008 15:07 | JINX | Added |
| 16-Feb-2012 02:05 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jul-2013 07:51 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Mar-2017 07:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Nov-2017 15:36 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Nov-2017 15:54 | Red Dragon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 09:18 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 16-Apr-2020 09:56 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Apr-2020 15:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Dec-2021 19:36 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
| 14-Jun-2022 23:28 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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