ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 223519
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| Date: | Thursday 27 March 1941 |
| Time: | 23:30 LT |
| Type: | Avro Manchester Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 207 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L7303 |
| MSN: | EM-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 'Roessel' farm, Bakel, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Gerhard Herzog of the 3./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Eindhoven airfield.
The Manchester was on a bombing operation to Düsseldorf, Germany.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant John Aloysius Siebert DFC RAF 36155 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant P C Robson RAF 754584 [PoW]
Observer : Sergeant George Thomas John Formison RAF 580649 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant William John Jewell McDougall RAF 749440 [PoW]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant James Arthur Taylor RAF 619199 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Peter Gurnell RAF 566980 [PoW]
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0978&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Mar-2019 20:49 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 25-Mar-2019 20:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 27-Mar-2019 14:24 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 02-Nov-2019 18:35 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 27-Mar-2024 08:45 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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