ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21069
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| Date: | Wednesday 13 August 1941 |
| Time: | 02:28? |
| Type: | Avro Manchester I |
| Owner/operator: | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L7424 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Münster, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Airborne 2102 12Aug41 for mission to Berlin. Last heard on W/T at 0228 13Aug41 indicating the crew were about to abandon aircraft. Subsequently crashed.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer James Alexander Little RAF 42009 [PoW]
Flight Engineer : Flying Officer Michael Gerald Geoghegan RAF 83275 [injured, PoW] (NCO:741193 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 03 September, 1940)
Navigator : Sergeant George Reginald Tiley RAF 755977 [confined to hospital due to injuries, PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Ronald George Wilson Hodgkinson RAF 625447 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Lloyd George Robinson RAF 944482 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Graham Leslie Scott RAAF Aus/401731 [ broke leg on landing, PoW]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Robert William Jones RAF 815068 [PoW]
Sources:
Air-Britain: Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999
http://www.lostbombers.co.uk/bomber.php?id
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Jun-2008 00:49 | JINX | Added |
| 24-Jun-2008 14:49 | JINX | Updated |
| 07-Jun-2013 13:36 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 18-Jul-2013 07:52 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Sep-2013 03:59 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2018 14:57 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 22-Dec-2019 09:44 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 24-Feb-2020 20:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source] |
| 20-Aug-2022 22:14 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 31-May-2023 18:46 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Source, Narrative, Operator]] |
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