Date:	Thursday 26 March 1942
Time:	00:32
Type:	Avro Manchester Mk Ia
Owner/operator:	61 Sqn RAF
Registration:	L7518
MSN:	QR-O
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	'Het Meertje' polder at Warmenhuizen, Noord-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Woolfox Lodge
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Took off at 20:45 on a mission to Essen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Helmut Lent of the Stab II./NJG 2, who was flying Bf 110 R4+EC from Leeuwarden airfield.

Five of the crew rest at Bergen:-
Pilot: 109513 Plt Off John Ralph Hubbard - Bergen General Cemetery Netherlands Plot 1. Row D. Grave 14 (NCO:742549 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 02 December, 1941)
2nd Pilot:108564 Plt Off Alastair William Buchan - Bergen General Cemetery Netherlands Plot 1. Row D. Grave 13 (NCO:1369753 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 11 November, 1941)
Observer:J/6137 Plt Off Robert Heggie RCAF - Bergen General Cemetery Netherlands Plot 1. Row D. Grave 10.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 966275 Flt/Sgt John George Clelland - Bergen General Cemetery Netherlands Plot 1. Row D. Grave 12.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1182487 Sgt Albert Wallace Baker -Bergen General Cemetery Netherlands Plot 1. Row D. Grave 11.
2nd Air Gunner: 650108 Sgt Peter Jones PoW Camp L3 Sagan & Belaria. PoW Number 24812.
1st Air Gunner: 615062 Sgt Sgt Thomas Charles Stanley PoW Camp L3 Sagan & Belaria. PoW Number 445.

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Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
21-Jun-2008 05:48	JINX	Added
01-Jul-2008 15:35	JINX	Updated
27-Feb-2011 13:11	harro	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]
16-Feb-2012 02:16	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
22-Aug-2013 18:51	JINX	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ]
08-Jan-2016 14:41	JIXN	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Narrative, ]
12-Nov-2016 10:59	Anon.	Updated [Cn, Operator, Destination airport, ]
24-Mar-2017 11:34	TigerTimon	Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ]
25-Mar-2017 09:07	TigerTimon	Updated [Location, Narrative, ]
25-Mar-2017 09:12	TigerTimon	Updated [Location, ]
18-Nov-2017 20:16	Red Dragon	Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ]
03-Nov-2018 09:17	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator, ]
14-Apr-2020 14:06	TigerTimon	Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ]
25-Mar-2024 19:09	Rob Davis	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]