ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21371
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| Date: | Saturday 31 January 1942 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: | Avro Manchester Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 61 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L7472 |
| MSN: | QR-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Morgat, Crozon, Finistère département -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Woolfox Lodge |
Airborne 1845 31Jan42 on mission to Brest. Coned by searchlights & soon afterwards hit by flak & set on fire. Moments later clipped balloon cable, after which some crew baled out S of Brest, prior to the aircraft being ditched.
Crew:
Flt/Lt (85237) Ronald Duncan Fraser RAF PoW No.1421. Camps 8B/21B/L3 (NCO:748644 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 15 October, 1940)
Sgt (1380346) Geoffrey Herbert Marshall 23 RAFVR baled out too late & was killed when his parachute failed to deploy.
Flt/Lt (45095) William Hugh Hannigan RAF PoW 1425. Camp L3 (NCO:561728 Commission Gazetted : Wednesday 01 January, 1941)
Flt/Sgt (R/58090) William Hugh Shorrock RCAF PoW No.24772. Camps 8B/344/18C/L6/L4
Sgt (941666) Albert William Hadley RAF PoW No.24776. Camps 8B/344
Sgt (974171) Brian Henderson Mullen RAF PoW No.24752. Camps 8B/344/357
Flt/Sgt (R/65201) Stephen Joseph MacLean 20 RCAF became jammed in the escape hatch after the ditching & despite strenuous efforts by Flt/Lt Fraser to pull him free, he drowned as the bomber sank.
Flt/Sgt (545506) T W. Walsh RAF PoW No.2477. Camps 8B/344/L3
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999
Bomber command Losses 1942
RAF Prisoners of War
France Crashes 39-45
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 January 1942 | R5789 | 61 Sqn RAF | 2 | Wiltshire Cross, nr Tidworth, 6 km E RAF Netheravon, Wiltshire England |  |
w/o |
| 14 March 1942 | L7395 | 61 Sqn RAF | 0 | 2 miles S of RAF Wittering, Cambridgeshire, England | |
w/o |
| 26 March 1942 | L7497 | 61 Sqn RAF | 7 | Wertherbruch, Hamminkeln, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Jun-2008 13:24 | JINX | Added |
| 24-Jun-2008 22:03 | JINX | Updated |
| 16-Feb-2012 02:14 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Aug-2013 05:06 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Jan-2016 08:57 | Jixn | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2017 18:18 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 09:14 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 20-Jan-2022 20:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source] |
| 31-Jan-2024 07:57 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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