ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20208
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| Date: | Sunday 31 August 1941 |
| Time: | 23:39 claim |
| Type: | Avro Manchester Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 207 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L7316 |
| MSN: | EM-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Oberkrüchten, Niederkrüchten, Nordrhein-Westfalen. -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington |
| RAF Waddington |
Operation / Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen
The aircraft was coned for 4-6 minutes by a searchlight & intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Wolfgang Thimmig of the 2./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Thomas Roberts Gilderthorp RAF 43482 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 04 June, 1940) [PoW]
2nd Pilot : Pilot Officer Peter Guy Campbell Wood RAFVR 60568 (NCO:912521 : Commission Gazetted Friday 28 February, 1941) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Ben Akrigg RAFVR 937390 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Reginald Wilfred Gray RAF 553874 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant William Morrant Cadney RCAF R/56255 [Killed]
Crew : Sergeant Leonard Charles Parker RAF 742547 [PoW]
Sources:
Air Britain RAF Aircraft L1000 - N9999 & http://www.lostbombers.co.uk/bomber.php?id=10918
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-May-2008 21:59 | JINX | Added |
| 24-Jun-2008 21:02 | JINX | Updated |
| 01-Nov-2018 08:48 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 16-Feb-2019 16:41 | Cobar | Updated [Embed code] |
| 23-Mar-2020 20:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Mar-2020 20:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Embed code] |
| 20-Aug-2022 22:21 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 18-Feb-2024 19:50 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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