ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234861
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| Date: | Tuesday 14 October 1941 |
| Time: | 05:18 |
| Type: | Avro Manchester Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 207 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L7373 |
| MSN: | EM-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Beverlo, Beringen, Limburg. -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Target - Köln, Germany.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights for 6 minutes before it was shot down by the crew of Gefreiter Erhard Bruhnke & Hans Ortmann of the 7./NJG 1 (detached to I./NJG 1), who had taken off at 03:53 hrs from Venlo airfield, in Bf 110 G9+LR.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Lionel Arthur Paskell DFM RAFVR 88020 (NCO:740219 : Commission Gazetted Friday 20 December, 1940) [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Dennis Vivien Chant RAFVR 1250594 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant George Henry Roberts RAF 648863 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Cyril David George Walter RAFVR 930978 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Sergeant Lewis John Compton RAFVR 1379298 [Killed]
Flight Sergeant Kenneth Hugh Leslie Houghton DFM & Bar RAF 580451 (Officer:55226 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 02 November, 1943) [Evaded]
Sergeant Alan Douglas Smith RAF 575111 [PoW]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=L7373
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/manchester-l7373-bij-beverlo
Google Maps
Flugbuch Ortmann
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Apr-2020 20:10 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 04-Jan-2022 09:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Aug-2022 22:23 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 06-Apr-2024 10:02 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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