ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21386
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| Date: | Friday 16 January 1942 |
| Time: | 01:00 |
| Type: | Avro Manchester Mk IA |
| Owner/operator: | 61 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L7495 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Grimoldby, 4 miles E of Louth, Lincolnshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Woolfox Lodge, Rutland |
Airborne 17:30hrs 15Jan42 on mission to Hamburg. Ran out of fuel on return & abandoned. Earlier the crew had been ordered to divert to Bottesford, but lack of fuel & failure to raise the diversion station on W/T, coupled with adverse weather conditions, prompted the Captain to order his crew to bale out. All baled out.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer John Beard RAF 68782 (NCO:1379844 Commission Gazetted : Friday 11 July, 1941)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Haynes RAF
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Asson RAF
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Owen William Joseph Pearce RAF 553722 (Officer:55597 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 28 August, 1945)
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Sheppard RAF
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Underwood RAF
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Holmes RAF
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jun-2008 01:09 | JINX | Added |
| 16-Feb-2012 02:13 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Aug-2013 05:01 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Jan-2016 08:14 | Jixn | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2017 07:29 | Red Dragon | Updated [Destination airport] |
| 28-Oct-2017 14:57 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator] |
| 03-Nov-2018 09:13 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 15-Jan-2024 07:54 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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