ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21071
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| Date: | Monday 9 March 1942 |
| Time: | 03:24 |
| Type: | Avro Manchester Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L7426 |
| MSN: | OL-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | IJsselmeer 3 km ENE of Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire |
Airborne 22:50 for mission to Essen. Homebound, intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Ludwig Becker of the 6./NJG 2, who was flying Do 215 B-5 R4+AP from Leeuwarden airfield.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Christopher Ronald Frost DFM RAFVR 114266 (NCO:741372 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 03 February, 1942) [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Flying Officer Ian Frederick Livingstone RAFVR 61282 (NCO:986757 : Commission Gazetted Friday 21 March, 1941) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Joseph Howard Stone RAFVR 931488 [Killed]
Flight Sergeant William Durham Biltcliffe RAFVR 901690 [Killed]
Sergeant Stanley Grunwell RAFVR 1326330 [Killed]
Pilot Officer William Arthur Harris RCAF J/5082 [Killed]
Sergeant Harold Reginald Ray RAFVR 1376053 [Killed]
Sources:
Air Britain RAF Aircraft L1000 - N9999 & http://www.lostbombers.co.uk/bomber.php?id=4171
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1430&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Bomber Command Losses 1942
CWGC
www.teunispats.nl
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Jun-2008 01:13 | JINX | Added |
| 08-Mar-2017 10:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Mar-2017 14:33 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2017 16:10 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2018 12:15 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 07-Nov-2019 18:57 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2022 19:26 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 08-Mar-2024 07:56 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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