ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21390
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| Date: | Thursday 26 March 1942 |
| Time: | 00:32 |
| Type: | Avro Manchester Mk Ia |
| Owner/operator: | 61 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L7518 |
| MSN: | QR-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 'Het Meertje' polder at Warmenhuizen, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Woolfox Lodge |
Took off at 20:45 on a mission to Essen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Helmut Lent of the Stab II./NJG 2, who was flying Bf 110 R4+EC from Leeuwarden airfield.
Five of the crew rest at Bergen:-
Pilot: 109513 Plt Off John Ralph Hubbard - Bergen General Cemetery Netherlands Plot 1. Row D. Grave 14 (NCO:742549 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 02 December, 1941)
2nd Pilot:108564 Plt Off Alastair William Buchan - Bergen General Cemetery Netherlands Plot 1. Row D. Grave 13 (NCO:1369753 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 11 November, 1941)
Observer:J/6137 Plt Off Robert Heggie RCAF - Bergen General Cemetery Netherlands Plot 1. Row D. Grave 10.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 966275 Flt/Sgt John George Clelland - Bergen General Cemetery Netherlands Plot 1. Row D. Grave 12.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1182487 Sgt Albert Wallace Baker -Bergen General Cemetery Netherlands Plot 1. Row D. Grave 11.
2nd Air Gunner: 650108 Sgt Peter Jones PoW Camp L3 Sagan & Belaria. PoW Number 24812.
1st Air Gunner: 615062 Sgt Sgt Thomas Charles Stanley PoW Camp L3 Sagan & Belaria. PoW Number 445.
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999
id=3795
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1446&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
https://www.asisbiz.com/Luftwaffe/njg2.html
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&u=http://www.nfla.nl/L7518.html&prev=search
CWGC
aircrewremebered.com
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jun-2008 05:48 | JINX | Added |
| 01-Jul-2008 15:35 | JINX | Updated |
| 27-Feb-2011 13:11 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Feb-2012 02:16 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Aug-2013 18:51 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jan-2016 14:41 | JIXN | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2016 10:59 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, Operator, Destination airport] |
| 24-Mar-2017 11:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Mar-2017 09:07 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 25-Mar-2017 09:12 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
| 18-Nov-2017 20:16 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 09:17 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 14-Apr-2020 14:06 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Mar-2024 19:09 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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