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OL-Q, L7427

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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 -
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Germany
Phase:En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
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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OL-Q, L7427

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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 - View attachment 631166 Germany
Phase:En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
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.
Avro Manchester OL-Q, L7427

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R5830 OL-L damaged on 29-03-1942 Sunday. Target was Lübeck Germany

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