ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20238
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| Date: | 25-MAR-1942 |
| Time: | 22:28 |
| Type: | Avro Manchester Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 106 Squadron Royal Air Force (106 Sqn RAF) |
| Registration: | L7390 |
| MSN: | ZN-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | IJsselmeer near Kornwerderzand, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
This was the first operational loss of No. 106 Squadron with the Manchester. Airborne 20:00 for a mission to Essen.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Ludwig Becker of the 6./NJG 2, who had taken off from Leeuwarden airfield; crashed through ice.
Crew:
Pilot:Flt Lt (40685) Robert Jack Dunlop-McKenzie - killed.
2nd Pilot: Plt Off (100035) Peter Norman Cann - killed
F/Engineer: Sgt (1160932) Raymond Benjamin Burrows - killed
Navigator: Sgt (1053799) Kimber Hill - killed
WOp/Air Gunner: Flt Sgt (751432) Wilfred Deryck Welham - killed
WOp/Air Gunner: Sgt (619899) William Grant McDonald - killed.
AG: Sgt (969988) John Joseph Stewart - killed
Sources:
Air Britain RAF Aircraft L1000 - N9999 & http://www.lostbombers.co.uk/
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1445
https://www.asisbiz.com/Luftwaffe/njg2.html
CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-May-2008 03:01 | JINX | Added |
| 27-Jun-2012 22:02 | Angela2307 | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jan-2016 14:39 | Angel dick one five | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 12-Oct-2016 13:58 | sunnyhill_50@hotmail | Updated [Operator, Destination airport] |
| 24-Mar-2017 11:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Mar-2017 09:07 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 18-Nov-2017 19:00 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Nov-2017 19:01 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator] |
| 28-Oct-2018 13:13 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 16-Apr-2019 18:22 | shaunparkes@hotmail. | Updated [Cn] |
| 14-Apr-2020 13:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Narrative] |
| 18-Aug-2022 21:19 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
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