ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52865
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| Date: | Sunday 31 May 1942 |
| Time: | 02:07 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 1652 CU RAF |
| Registration: | L9605 |
| MSN: | GV-Y |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | ESE of Weert, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marston Moor, Yorkshire, UK |
Takeoff at 23:59 hrs for participation in the first 1000 bomber raid with target Köln, Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Reinhold Knacke & Unteroffizier Helmut Fischer of the 1./NJG 1, who were flying Bf 110 G9+AH from Venlo airfield.
The crew bailed out except for one crew member, Sgt. Kenneth Manley died in the crash and is buried at Jonkerbos War Cemetery, the Netherlands. *Sgt Lowman was killed on 19 April 1945 when Allied fighter bombers strafed the Prisoner of War column:
Pilot:60115 Flt Lt S G Wright PoW Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 387.
*Flight Engineer:570626 Sgt Hugh Percival Lowman PoW Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug. PoW Number 431/Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Grave 11 N11.
Observer:NZ/404532 Fg Off D G Cookson RNZAF PoW Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 401.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:964024 Sgt R J Tavener PoW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. PoW Number 447.
Air Gunner:951350 Sgt Kenneth James Arthur Manley - Jonkerbos War Cemetery Grave 16.H.3.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1530&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/wright-sg.html
http://www.ww2.dk/air/njagd/njg1.htm
CWGC
RAF Prisoner of War
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 31-Aug-2014 09:11 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-May-2017 08:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Jan-2018 13:35 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Nov-2018 19:40 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 21-Apr-2020 09:52 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Jun-2022 16:38 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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