ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21062
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| Date: | Saturday 31 January 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Avro Manchester Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 61 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L7396 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Channel, 50 miles south of Plymouth, Devon, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Woolfox Lodge, Rutland |
Last heard transmitting distress signals after mission to Brest. Two RN destroyers on convoy escort duties in the Channel were detached to make a search of the area, but nothing was found. Later the body of Flt/Lt Page was washed onto the Scillies.
Crew:
Pilot:Flt Lt (41315) Harry Charles Shaw Page DFC RAF killed. Old Church Cemetery Isles of Scilly - North Square Plot (Commission Gazetted : Friday 08 September, 1939)
Plt Off (62694) Denys Lowe Atkinson RAFVR killed. Runnymede Memorial (NCO:1055571 Commission Gazetted : Friday 18 April, 1941)
Plt Off (400408) Alan Gladstone Burt RAAF killed. Runnymede Memorial
Sgt (913939) Thomas Alfred Evans RAFVR killed. Runnymede Memorial
Sgt (929868) Leonard William Dann RAFVR killed. Runnymede Memorial
Flt Sgt 645043 Harry Edward Turner RAF killed. Runnymede Memorial
Sgt (645045) Ronald Sidney Jones RAF killed. Runnymede Memorial
Sqn Ldr (84274) Thomas Noel Challoner Burrough DFC RAFVR (5 Group Staff Officer, flying as an official Observer). killed Runnymede Memorial (Commission Gazetted : Friday 27 September, 1940)
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999
CWGC
Bomber Command losses 1942
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jun-2008 19:52 | JINX | Added |
| 13-Jun-2008 19:55 | JINX | Updated |
| 16-Feb-2012 02:14 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Aug-2013 05:08 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Jan-2016 18:49 | Jixn | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2017 17:14 | Red Dragon | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2017 18:19 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator] |
| 03-Nov-2018 09:13 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 31-Jan-2024 07:54 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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