ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 141745
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| Date: | Thursday 18 December 1941 |
| Time: | 14:03 |
| Type: | Avro Manchester I |
| Owner/operator: | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5795 |
| MSN: | OF-W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, 7 km off Brest. -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Waddington (EGXW) |
Shot down bf 109 fighter during raid on Brest.
Mission : Brest. Took off from RAF Waddington at 0934 hrs. Shot down by Bf109's and came down in the sea roughly 6 kms off Brest. Claim by Lt Horst Walbeck 3/JG2 at 14:03. Those who died are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Plt Off Stokes was an Australian serving with the RAF.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Neville George Stokes RAFVR 60345 [Killed] (Commission Gazetted : Friday 21 February, 1941)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Gwynne Pryce Thomas RAAF Aus/400298 [PoW]
Navigator : Sergeant Thomas Michael Wade RAAF Aus/402283 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Isaac Hewitt RCAF R/64413 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Morton Ralph Heinish RCAF R/76013 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant George Gardiner Fell RAF 641560 [Killed]
The casualties are remembered on the Runnymede Meorial (GPS 51.437693 / -0.564745)
Sources:
Air Britain: RAF Aircraft P1000 - R9999, published 1996
Chorley, W R. (1998). RAF Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War, Vol 2 – 1941. Midland Publishing, page 193.
Kirby, Robert. (2015). The Avro Manchester: The Legend Behind the Lancaster. Fonthill Media. ISBN: 1781552851.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jan-2012 05:02 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 08-Jan-2012 06:43 | Uli Elch | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants] |
| 16-May-2016 19:00 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Dec-2017 18:34 | Anthony Whitworth | Updated [Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Mar-2019 20:06 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 25-Nov-2021 14:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
| 25-Nov-2021 14:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [[Time]] |
| 30-Apr-2023 11:56 | Rob Davis | Updated [[[Time]]] |
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