ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52966
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| Date: | Monday 9 March 1942 |
| Time: | 03:49 |
| Type: | Avro Manchester Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5779 |
| MSN: | OL-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Oranjekanaal canal at Oranje, Drenthe -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 01:50 LT for an operation to Essen, Germany.
The aircraft was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Paul Gildner of the 5./NJG 2, who was flying from Leeuwarden airfield.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Robert Ward Cooper RAFVR 60121 (NCO:988241 : Commission Gazetted Friday 14 February, 1941) [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant James Thomson Heggie Mowat RAFVR 1057893 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant Michael John Carlton Cross RAFVR 913609 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant George William Dalby RAFVR 1310838 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Sergeant Charles Broad RAFVR 749326 [Killed]
Sergeant Alfred Frederick Key RAF 628343 [PoW]
Sergeant George William Rex RAF 1252286 [PoW]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1431&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft P1000 - R9999, published 1996
https://www.asisbiz.com/il2/Bf-110/NJG1.html
https://www.asisbiz.com/Luftwaffe/njg2.html
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1431
CWGC
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Jan-2012 04:20 | Uli Elch | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jan-2012 04:36 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 21-Jan-2016 18:42 | Chris | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 08-Mar-2017 10:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Mar-2017 14:33 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 13-Nov-2017 14:47 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2018 12:16 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 07-Nov-2019 18:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2019 19:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2019 19:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Embed code] |
| 18-Aug-2022 21:28 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 08-Mar-2024 07:57 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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