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| Date: | Saturday 31 January 1942 |
| Time: | 20:30 approx |
| Type: | Avro Manchester I |
| Owner/operator: | 61 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5787 |
| MSN: | QR-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Brélès, Finistère département -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Woolfox Lodge |
Took off from RAF Woolfox Lodge at 18:05 hrs local time for Brest, where Scharnhorst and Gneisenau were based.
Hit by Flak and crash landed 10km SW St. Renan, 15km NW of Brest.
Crew
Plt Off J R B Parsons - Brest (Kerfautras) Cemetery
Sgt R T Kindred - PoW - No Record?
Sgt W T Holmes - Brest (Kerfautras) Cemetery
Sgt G W McCaskill. Died of injuries 3 February 1942. Brest (Kerfautras) Cemetery
Sgt A L Wright - Evaded via the Pyrenees June 42 - Report 895.
Sgt T A Butterworth Died of injuries the same day. Brest (Kerfautras) Cemetery
Sgt R V Griffiths PoW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. PoW Number 160.
Sources:
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft P1000 - R9999, published 1996
Bomber Command 1942
French Crashes 1939-1945
RAF Prisoners of War.
CWGC
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jan-2012 05:24 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 03-Nov-2017 18:03 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Nov-2018 09:14 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 23-Dec-2021 18:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, ] |
| 20-Jan-2022 20:33 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
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