Date:	Sunday 7 June 1942
Time:
Type:	Avro Manchester Mk I
Owner/operator:	49 Sqn RAF
Registration:	L7287
MSN:	EA-G
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage:	Aircraft missing
Location:	Frisian islands area - Niedersachsen -   Germany
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
6/7 June, 1942; Target - EMDEN:
In good weather conditions, a main force of 233 aircraft set out to attack the German town of Emden. With only a slight ground haze over the target, successful bombing results were achieved by the crews. 149 Squadron detailed 7 aircraft for the operation, but only 5 managed to become airborne from Scampton by 23.30hrs.The price of success was paid for in the loss of 9 crews out of the total force - 3 Manchesters, 3 Wellingtons, 2 Stirlings and 1 Halifax failed to return.

Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Roger Edward Rawle Paramore DFC RAFVR 84309 [Killed] (Commission Gazetted : Friday 19 September, 1941)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Harold Whittemore RAFVR 1286882 [Killed]
Observer : Pilot Officer Harold Jesse Vincent RAFVR 109373 [Killed] (NCO:1376660 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 23 December, 1941)
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Hugh Charles Hood RAFVR 1168679 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Alexander Logie RAFVR 1108284 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant John Howie Pollock RAFVR 976322 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Robert Harold Seaton RAFVR 1052401 [Killed]

1. Halley, J J, 1993, Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000 to N9999
2. http://www.49squadron.co.uk/personnel_index/detail/Paramore_RER
3. http://www.sonsofdamien.co.uk/Man-Lanc%20serials.htm#L7276
4. http://www.lancaster-archive.com/lanc_uknowncrashsites.pdf
5. http://baaa-acro.sindev.ch/crash/crash-avro-679-manchester-i-north-sea-7-killed-1
6. https://doncasterwarmemorials.weebly.com/p.html
7. Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three / for location
8. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-May-2008 12:23	JINX	Added
12-Jan-2018 14:17	Red Dragon	Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
12-Jan-2018 14:17	Red Dragon	Updated [Damage]
30-Oct-2018 05:13	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator]
19-May-2019 20:18	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
27-Apr-2020 12:34	TigerTimon	Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source]
20-Aug-2022 22:07	Nepa	Updated [Time, Location, Narrative, Operator]
06-Jun-2023 06:41	Rob Davis	Updated [[Time, Location, Narrative, Operator]]