ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20228
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| Date: | Monday 8 September 1941 |
| Time: | 01:15 approx |
| Type: | Avro Manchester Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 207 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L7380 |
| MSN: | EM-W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North beach, pole 6, Ameland, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington, UK |
The aircraft was damaged by a night fighter on an operation to Berlin at 23:55 hrs, whilst outbound over the North Sea near Kiel. Aircraft managed to reach Wilhelmshaven, where bomb load was jettisoned, before turning for home. Subsequently force-landed. L7380 was damaged by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Siegfried Ney of the 4./NJG 1, who had taken off from Leeuwarden airfield.
Crew:
Pilot:Flt/Lt 41188 W.J. Lewis DFC MiD RAF PoW.
Sgt C.S.F. Powell RAF confined in Hospital due injuries PoW.
Sgt R/62187 R.B. MacLeod RCAF PoW.
Sgt 615850 D. Kingston DFM RAF PoW.
Sgt 908413 C.F. Hall RAF PoW .
Flt/Sgt R/53900 E.S. Miller RCAF PoW.
The entire crew survived the crash.
The plane was pulled onto the beach at Ameland and was later scrapped by the Germans.
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999
https://www.amelanderhistorie.nl/news/vliegtuigcrashes-op-ameland-tijdens-de-tweede-wereldoorlog-3-/
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-May-2008 20:37 | JINX | Added |
| 24-Jun-2008 21:16 | JINX | Updated |
| 04-Jun-2009 07:17 | BOMBERPILOT | Updated |
| 31-May-2013 16:26 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 11-Aug-2013 08:54 | JINX | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Jun-2015 11:37 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2018 08:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 24-Mar-2020 18:49 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Mar-2020 18:50 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
| 14-Jun-2022 21:20 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 20-Aug-2022 22:20 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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