ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 141752
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| Date: | Sunday 29 March 1942 |
| Time: | 01:04 LT |
| Type: | Avro Manchester Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5781 |
| MSN: | OL-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Klausdorf, Schwentinental, Schleswig-Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire |
Shot down by flak during raid on Lübeck.
Crew
Pilot: 61284 Fg Off Theodore Arthur Lumb - Kiel War Cemetery 2. A. 7.
2nd Pilot: R/75183 Sgt Patrick Charles Walsh RCAF - Kiel War Cemetery 1. F. 5.
Observer: 1251279 Sgt Sydney Thomas Woodbridge - Kiel War Cemetery 1. F. 4.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1308006 Sgt John Edward Burcher - Kiel War Cemetery - 1. F. 3.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1359687 Sgt James Rooney - Kiel War Cemetery Joint grave 1. F. 1-2.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 924154 Sgt William Lawrence Cox - Kiel War Cemetery 3. J. 15.
Air Gunner: 941095 Sgt Edward Thomas - Kiel War Cemetery Joint grave 1. F. 1-2.
Sources:
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft P1000 - R9999, published 1996
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942.
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 April 1942 | R5837 | 83 Sqn RAF | 7 | English Channel, off RAF Manston, Kent, England |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jan-2012 05:49 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 25-Nov-2017 15:46 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Nov-2017 15:47 | Red Dragon | Updated [Source] |
| 25-Nov-2017 15:48 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator] |
| 11-Nov-2018 12:24 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 16-Apr-2020 13:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Source] |
| 16-Apr-2020 13:36 | TigerTimon | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source] |
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