ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21091
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| Date: | Sunday 7 June 1942 |
| Time: | 00:44 |
| Type: | Avro Manchester Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 49 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L7469 |
| MSN: | EA- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, 20km north-west of Borkum. -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 23:13 hrs for an operation to Emden in Niedersachsen.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Ludwig Becker of the 6./NJG 2, who had taken off from Leeuwarden airfield in the Netherlands.
Sgt Buttel’s body was recovered from the sea and he is buried in the Sage War Cemetery Germany, together with Sgt Whitfield, Sgt Halliday and Flt Sgt Whitehill:
Crew:
S/Ldr (41678) Peter Morrice De Mestre DSO, DFC (pilot) RAF killed (Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 31 October, 1939)
Sgt (Aus.403717) Albert Francois Buttel (pilot) RAAF - killed
P/O (119174) Ronald Henry James Thorndyke (Obs.) RAFVR - killed. (NCO:1252066 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 14 April, 1942)
Wop/Air Gunner:1166974 Sgt George Clive Whitfield - killed.
WOp/Air Gunner:1360282 Sgt Douglas Stephen Halliday - killed.
WOp/Air Gunner:924063 Sgt Lewis James Jones - killed.
Air Gunner:Aus.407022 Flt/Sgt Maxwell Elliott Whitehill RAAF - killed.
Sources:
Air Britain RAF Aircraft L1000 - N9999 & http://www.lostbombers.co.uk/bomber.php?id=4142
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1944
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 June 1942 | L7387 | 49 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea off Friesland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Jun-2008 04:19 | JINX | Added |
| 12-Jan-2018 14:03 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2018 05:13 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 27-Apr-2020 12:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Aug-2022 22:30 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 06-Jun-2023 06:44 | Rob Davisr | Updated [[Source, Narrative, Operator]] |
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