ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 141762
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| Date: | Tuesday 21 October 1941 |
| Time: | 00:30 |
| Type: | Avro Manchester I |
| Owner/operator: | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5783 |
| MSN: | OF-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Friskney, Lincs., 12 km SSE Spilsby -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Crashed in forced landing due to fuel exhaustion on return from raid on Bremen at 0030 on marshland at Friskney some 8 miles south-west of Skegness. This was the second Manchester incident involving this crew in a little over a month. No injuries were reported.
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Gordon Herbert Hartley RAF 754106 (Officer: 122056 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 09 June, 1942))
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Appleyard RAF
Navigator : Sergeant John Lorimer Neville Canham RAF 581438 (Officer:50577 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 19 January, 1943)1942)
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant H P Dean RAF
Wireless Operator : Sergeant J Baker RAF
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Clifford Mayland DFM RAF 993680
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Robert George Watson "Bob" Gross RAF 993302
Sources:
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft P1000 - R9999, published 1996
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jan-2012 06:42 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 14-Feb-2019 19:53 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Narrative] |
| 15-Feb-2019 10:31 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 22-Dec-2019 09:45 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 20-Oct-2023 17:33 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Operator, Departure airport, Operator]] |
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