ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21092
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| Date: | Tuesday 7 April 1942 |
| Time: | 02:38 |
| Type: | Avro Manchester I |
| Owner/operator: | 61 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L7470 |
| MSN: | QR- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Piringen, Tongeren, Limburg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Woolfox Lodge |
Airborne 00:35 hrs for an operation to Essen in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Eckart-Wilhelm von Bonin & Feldwebel Friedrich Johrden of the Stab II./NJG 1, who had left St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield in a Bf 110.
Initially all the crew were buried at St Truiden on 8 April 1942. After the war they were all re-interred in Heverlee War Cemtery:
Pilot: 754635 Flt Sgt Eric William Noble - Heverlee War Cemtery Coll. grave 3. E. 8-13.
Pilot: 41341 Sgt Lloyd John Holmes Lincoln RNZAF - Heverlee War Cemtery Coll. grave 3. E. 8-13.
Observer:1150596 Sgt Robert Eastwood Newton - Heverlee War Cemtery 3. E. 7.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:977837 Sgt Kenneth Leyshon - Heverlee War Cemtery Coll. grave 3. E. 8-13.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner :1250215 Sgt Donavan Peter George Kent - Heverlee War Cemtery Coll. grave 3. E. 8-13.y
Air Gunner:1378828 Sgt Neville James Patton - Heverlee War Cemtery Coll. grave 3. E. 8-13.
Air Gunner: 936065 Sgt George Henry Walker - Heverlee War Cemtery Coll. grave 3. E. 8-13.
Sources:
Air Britain RAF Aircraft L1000 - N9999
CWGC
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/manchester-bij-piringen
Google Maps
Bomber Command Losses 1942
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 June 1941 | L7304 | 61 Sqn RAF | 6 | Marne, 'Adolf Hitler Koog', Schleswig-Holstein |  |
w/o |
| 11 February 1942 | R5834 | 61 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Horsham St Faith, near Norwich, Norfolk, England |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Jun-2008 05:21 | JINX | Added |
| 16-Feb-2012 02:06 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Mar-2013 06:43 | Nicholas Minns | Updated [Time, Location, Narrative] |
| 22-Aug-2013 18:52 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 29-Nov-2017 14:01 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 09:18 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 16-Apr-2020 18:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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