ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21377
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| Date: | Friday 17 April 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Avro Manchester Mk IA |
| Owner/operator: | 106 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L7485 |
| MSN: | ZN-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Off Batz-sur-Mer -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby (EGXC) |
Airborne 2050 on the crews first operation to lay mines in the Deodar region. Presumed lost in English Channel.
Deodars Region was the minelaying area code name for the mouth of the Gironde River the Air Staff Operations Summery confirms that mines were dropped " off Verdon (Gironde)" that night. Aircraft crashed off Batz-sur-Mer between Belle-lle and Batz.
An engine of this aircraft caught in fishing net and is in an aviation museum at Le Baule, France.
Crew:
Pilot: 48459 Plt Off Charles Scatchard. SCARBOROUGH (MANOR ROAD) CEMETERY. Sec. V. Row 8. Grave 4 . (NCO:590826 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 28 April, 1942)
Flight Engineer: 778440 Sgt Thomas Henry Power RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Panel 91.
Observer: 1006888 Sgt Robert Robertson ESCOUBLAC-LA-BAULE WAR CEMETERY. 2. B. 21.
Bomb Aimer: 931772 Sgt Donald Neale Storer RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Panel 94.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 982542 Sgt Douglas Wightman ESCOUBLAC- LA-BAULE WAR CEMETERY 2. D. 2.
Air Gunner: 1382426 Sgt William Valentine Rogerson PORNIC WAR CEMETERY 1. G. 11.
Air Gunner: 84909 Fg Off George William Ward PORNIC WAR CEMETERY 1. G. 7. (Commission Gazetted : Friday 20 June, 1941)
Sources:
Air-Britain: Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999
French Crashed 39-45
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 31 May 1942 | L7301 | 106 Sqn RAF | 1 | Kinrooi, Limburg |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Jun-2008 14:05 | JINX | Added |
| 22-Sep-2011 13:24 | Davith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Nov-2011 09:23 | Davith | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 24-Nov-2011 09:33 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 08-Jan-2012 04:34 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jan-2012 04:35 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 13-Aug-2012 01:02 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport] |
| 18-Jul-2013 07:49 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Aug-2013 10:15 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 05-Dec-2017 15:15 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2018 13:14 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 27-May-2023 19:39 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator]] |
| 21-Oct-2023 17:39 | Nepa | Updated [[[Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator]]] |
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