ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21075
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| Date: | Sunday 31 May 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Avro Manchester Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 49 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L7429 |
| MSN: | EA-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea off the coast of Overflakkee -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire |
Manchester L7429: Take off at 23:00 hrs for participation in the first 1000 bomber raid with target Köln, Ger. 30/05/1942
Probably, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Heinz Strüning of the 7./NJG 2, who was flying a Ju 88 C-6 from Gilze-Rijen airfield in the Netherlands.
It in the North Sea off the coast of Overflakkee. 31/05/1942
The crew:
Pilot:126578 Plt Off John Philip Carter (RAFVR) - killed
Pilot:903489 Flt/Sgt David Block (RAFVR) - killed
Nav.:1280307 Sgt George Charles Haynes (RAFVR) - killed
WOp/AG:1057877 Sgt Lawrence John Yeates (RAFVR) - killed
Air Gunner:944122 Sgt John Cook Ramsey (RAFVR) - killed
Air Gunner:400763 Sgt Arnold Gregory Welch (RAAF) - killed
Air Gunner:534824 Sgt Maurice Samuel Ash (RAF) - killed
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=L7429
https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=L7429
https://www.49squadron.co.uk/personnel_index/detail/Ash_M
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
49 Squadron Association
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Jun-2008 05:22 | JINX | Added |
| 31-Dec-2017 15:55 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2018 05:11 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 30-Oct-2018 05:11 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Operator] |
| 10-Jul-2019 06:43 | njw | Updated [Time, Country, Narrative] |
| 21-Apr-2020 08:08 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Jun-2020 19:23 | harry | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 01-May-2023 18:16 | Nepa | Updated [[Operator, Departure airport, Operator]] |
| 13-Nov-2023 10:20 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Nov-2023 10:23 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities, Source] |
| 11-Apr-2024 17:36 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
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