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This original photo is from the collection of two of the most famous aviation authors, Chaz Bowyer and Philip Moyes. All photos are original prints from negatives, (not scanned copies), and they were printed between 1930-1970.
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OL-Q, L7427
Accident Avro Manchester Mk I L7427, Thursday 9 April 1942
Airborne 2215 on mission to Hamburg. Last heard on W/T at 0010 9 April 1942 & thought to be in Lastrup area of Germany. Aircraft claimed by Fw Gerhard Goerke of I./NJG 3 (flying from Vech...
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| Date: | 09-APR-1942 |
| Time: | 00:49 |
| Type: | Avro Manchester Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Squadron Royal Air Force (83 Sqn RAF) |
| Registration: | L7427 |
| MSN: | OL-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | NE of Cloppenburg - |
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire |
| Destination airport: |
Airborne 2215 on mission to Hamburg. Last heard on W/T at 0010 9 April 1942 & thought to be in Lastrup area of Germany. Aircraft claimed by Fw Gerhard Goerke I./NJG1 - West of Lastrup/South East of Cloppenburg at 00:49
Crew:
Pilot: 67046 Plt Off Jack Heathcote Morphett - Sage War Cemetery Coll. grave 11. B. 3-5.
Pilot: 62324 Plt Off Peter Anthony Lovegrove PoW. Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery Poland 6. A. 14.(Died in captivity 12 November 1942).
Observer: NZ402188 Flt Sgt Geoffrey Douglas Hutchinson RNZAF - Sage War Cemetery Coll. grave 11. B. 3-5.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 647009 Flt/Sgt 647009 Albert Henry Salter - Sage War Cemetery Coll. grave 11. B. 3-5.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 923926 Sgt Reginald Stanley Williams - Sage War Cemetery Coll. grave 11. B. 3-5.
Air Gunner: R/66159 Sgt George Charles Fisk RCAF - Sage War Cemetery Coll. grave 11. B. 3-5.
Air Gunner: R/698977 Sgt Charles Dewitt Gellatly RCAF - Sage War Cemetery Coll. grave 11. B. 3-5.
Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum - View Single Post - James E Linehan MIA 1942 Wellington x3757 Boiten: Fw. Gerhard Goerke: 1 I./NJG3 Manchester W. Lastrup, S.E. Cloppenburg 00.49 83 Sqn Manchester L7427
Kracker Luftwaffe Archive Goerke would score 3 in total flying Bf110.
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