ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52924
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| Date: | Wednesday 8 April 1942 |
| Time: | 23:30 |
| Type: | Avro Manchester Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5837 |
| MSN: | OL-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Channel, off RAF Manston, Kent, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire |
Shot down by Flak when on a leaflet dropping mission to Paris. (Nickels - Airborne leaflet propaganda (Strictly speaking, not a slang term but a cover name used in the RAF to describe/disguise leaflet dropping, which was known as nickelling). Ditched while making an early return. 15 hours later Plt Off Sproule was rescued. Unfortunately his crew did not manage to reach the dinghy
Crew:-
Pilot: 62338 Plt Off M A Sproule Survived - Rescued (NCO:1100630 Commission Gazetted : Friday 11 April, 1941)
Flight Engineer: 86338 Fg Off Douglas James Renvoize - Thundersley (St Peter) Churchyard Essex (NCO:748534 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 05 November, 1940)
Observer: 926804 Sgt Edward Augustine Fitchett - Vlieland General Cemetery Grave 40.
Bomb Aimer: 81400 Fg Off Donald Goodman - Runnymede Memorial Panel 67 (Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 23 July, 1940)
Wireless Operator: 115687 Plt Off Harold Dickinson DFM - Runnymede Memorial Panel 69 (NCO:982326 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 24 February, 1942)
Air Gunner: 1376547 Sgt John Neary - Runnymede Memorial Panel 90
Air Gunner: 917597 Sgt Dennis Gerrard Porter - Runnymede Memorial Panel 91
Air Gunner: 112214 Plt Off Robert James Dyer - Runnymede Memorial Panel 69 (Squadron Intelligence Officer). (NCO:1195334 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 30 December, 1941)
Sources:
http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1942%20sec_tcm5-7283.pdf
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft P1000 - R9999, published 1996
Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945 - Loss Register
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
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| 29 March 1942 | R5781 | 83 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Klausdorf, Schwentinental, Schleswig-Holstein |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Jan-2012 04:24 | Uli Elch | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jan-2012 04:35 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 07-Apr-2017 17:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Nov-2017 18:54 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2018 12:26 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 16-Apr-2020 17:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities] |
| 07-Apr-2022 07:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Departure airport, Source] |
| 08-Apr-2024 06:35 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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