ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20109
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| Date: | Sunday 17 August 1941 |
| Time: | 02:05 LT |
| Type: | Avro Manchester Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 207 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L7311 |
| MSN: | EM-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Harzelt, Gangelt, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington |
| RAF Waddington |
Airborne 22:12 hrs for Düsseldorf in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights & intercepted by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Werner Streib of the Stab I./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands.
Crew:
P/O 43038 H.G. Keartland SAAF PoW.
Sgt 745843 A. Ross RAF PoW No.115.
Flt/Sgt 561953 A. Wappett DFM RAF PoW No.141.
Sgt 953396 E.G. Ball RAF PoW No.129.
Sgt 630347 J.R. Currie DFM RAF PoW No.126.
Sgt 513572 W. Hart RAF injured PoW No.6433.
Sources:
Air Britain RAF Aircraft L1000 - N9999 & http://www.lostbombers.co.uk/bomber.php?id=7319
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=L7311
Google Maps
- http://www.feuerwehr-gangelt.de/index2.php?page=241&id=224
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-May-2008 04:01 | JINX | Added |
| 24-Jun-2008 15:18 | JINX | Updated |
| 28-Nov-2013 14:03 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 01-Oct-2018 17:03 | OThelen | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 01-Nov-2018 08:47 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 13-Mar-2020 18:21 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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