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| Date: | Thursday 26 March 1942 |
| Time: | 00:09 |
| Type: | Avro Manchester Mk Ia |
| Owner/operator: | 61 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L7497 |
| MSN: | QR-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wertherbruch, Hamminkeln, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Woolfox Lodge |
Takeoff at 21:10 hrs local time for an operation to Essen in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Helmut Woltersdorf of the 7./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Twente airfield in the Netherlands.
Crew:
Pilot: 942610 Sgt Christopher George Furby - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Coll. grave 22. F. 1-5.
Pilot: R/73262 Sgt James Robert Dow 21 RCAF - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Coll. grave 22. F. 1-5.
Observer: 1006420 Sgt John Eric Smart - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Coll. grave 22. F. 1-5.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 971199 Sgt Donald Charles Brockley - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1008481 Sgt Jack Buckley - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Coll. grave 22. F. 1-5.
Air Gunner: 1176864 Sgt William Arthur Roberts - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Coll. grave 22. F. 1-5.
Air Gunner: 1293338 Sgt Hugh Henry Fetherston - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Coll. grave 22. F. 1-5.
Sources:
Air Britain RAF Aircraft L1000 - N99999 & http://www.lostbombers.co.uk/bomber.php?id=4164
CWGC
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=L7497
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jun-2008 03:50 | JINX | Added |
| 16-Feb-2012 01:56 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Aug-2013 05:07 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Sep-2016 06:14 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, Location, Country, Destination airport, ] |
| 25-Mar-2017 10:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 18-Nov-2017 19:46 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Nov-2018 09:17 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 14-Apr-2020 14:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
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