ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21083
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| Date: | Sunday 31 May 1942 |
| Time: | 01:19 LT |
| Type: | Avro Manchester Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 106 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L7456 |
| MSN: | ZN-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Düsseldorf-Lohausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Skellingthorpe |
Takeoff at 23:16 hrs for participation in the first 1000 bomber raid with target Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen.
Aircraft borrowed by 50 Squadron. While approaching Düsseldorf by night and at an altitude of 8,000 feet, the aircraft was hit by the German Flak. The right engine failed and the captain reduced his altitude in an attempt to make an emergency landing. The aircraft eventually crash landed near the Düsseldorf-Lohausen Airport and was wrecked.
Those killed rest at Reichswald Forest War Cemetery:
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Jim B Wilkie RAF 1068112 [PoW]
Flight Engineer : Flight Sergeant Cyril H Tobias RCAF R/80099 [PoW]
Observer : Sergeant Alan Mowlem Bee RAFVR 1180257 [Killed]
Front Gunner : Sergeant Edward William Finch RAFVR 1270882 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Alastair C Benn RAAF Aus/403180 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant David Monroe Baird RCAF R/76305 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Sergeant Jock W Campbell RAF 1052282 [PoW]
Sources:
1. Air Britain RAF Aircraft L1000 - N9999
2. http://www.lostbombers.co.uk/bomber.php?id=384
3. Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
4. RAF Prisoners of War.
5. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Jun-2008 20:22 | JINX | Added |
| 25-Jun-2008 04:54 | JINX | Updated |
| 02-Sep-2009 09:58 | Anon. | Updated |
| 10-Dec-2010 00:00 | WarNet | Updated [Date] |
| 11-May-2011 23:59 | Masen63 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Aug-2011 04:02 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location] |
| 07-May-2014 07:43 | AMarr | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 07-May-2014 07:43 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 01-Jan-2018 16:17 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Jan-2018 18:55 | Red Dragon | Updated [Source] |
| 28-Oct-2018 13:17 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 20-Apr-2020 19:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Aug-2022 22:02 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 12-Mar-2024 20:41 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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