ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21072
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| Date: | Thursday 9 April 1942 |
| Time: | 00:49 |
| Type: | Avro Manchester Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L7427 |
| MSN: | OL-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lastrup, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire |
Airborne 2215 on mission to Hamburg. Last heard on W/T at 0010 9 April 1942 & thought to be in Lastrup area of Germany. Aircraft claimed by Fw Gerhard Goerke of I./NJG 3 (flying from Vechta airfield) - West of Lastrup/South East of Cloppenburg at 00:49 hrs.
Crew:-
Pilot: 67046 Plt Off Jack Heathcote Morphett - Sage War Cemetery Coll. grave 11. B. 3-5 (NCO:741202 Commission Gazetted : Friday 20 June, 1941)
Pilot: 62324 Plt Off Peter Anthony Lovegrove PoW. Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery Poland 6. A. 14.(Died in captivity 12 November 1942) (NCO:1164992 Commission Gazetted : Friday 11 April, 1941)
Observer: NZ402188 Flt Sgt Geoffrey Douglas Hutchinson RNZAF - Sage War Cemetery Coll. grave 11. B. 3-5.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 647009 Flt/Sgt 647009 Albert Henry Salter - Sage War Cemetery Coll. grave 11. B. 3-5.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 923926 Sgt Reginald Stanley Williams - Sage War Cemetery Coll. grave 11. B. 3-5.
Air Gunner: R/66159 Sgt George Charles Fisk RCAF - Sage War Cemetery Coll. grave 11. B. 3-5.
Air Gunner: R/698977 Sgt Charles Dewitt Gellatly RCAF - Sage War Cemetery Coll. grave 11. B. 3-5.
Sources:
Air Britain RAF Aircraft L1000 - N9999 & http://www.lostbombers.co.uk/bomber.php?id=11161
CWGC
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Jun-2008 04:09 | JINX | Added |
| 29-Nov-2017 19:37 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2018 12:26 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 05-Apr-2022 09:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Mar-2024 20:37 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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