ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20218
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| Date: | Friday 9 January 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Avro Manchester Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 207 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L7322 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Channel, near Crozon, Finistere -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Bottesford |
| Bottesford |
Hit by flak on mission to Brest & believed to have crashed in the sea in the vicinity of Crozon (Finisture), on the northern shores of the Baie du Douarnenez.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer George Reginald Bayley RAFVR 88024 [Killed] (NCO:903545 Commission Gazetted : Friday 20 December, 1940)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Noel Messines Toohill RAAF Aus/404786 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Alexander Gordon Harris RAFVR 920869 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Richard Vivian Griffiths RAFVR 1180830 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant John Elias Jones DFM RAF 551817 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Peter Charles Herbert Goldie RAAF Aus/406450 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant William Rex Seymour RAAF Aus/407808 [Killed]
Sources:
Air-Britain: Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999
http://www.lostbombers.co.uk/
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-May-2008 11:21 | JINX | Added |
| 07-Jan-2010 23:59 | JINX | Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Jan-2012 14:33 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jul-2013 07:44 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Oct-2015 19:54 | Heil | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 09-Jan-2024 07:37 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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