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| Date: | Wednesday 6 May 1942 |
| Time: | 03:30 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N3710 |
| MSN: | MG-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Moranrieux, Wallers-en-Fagne, département du Nord -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 21:33 hrs for an operation against Stuttgart in Germany.
Claimed by Major Kurt Holler Stab III./NJG4 - Wallers-Trelon at 03:30.
Crew:-
Pilot: NZ404384 Jeffrey Lewis RNZAF - Avesnes-sur-Helpe Communal Cemetery Row AA. Coll. grave 5-8.
Pilot:1069580 Sgt Geoffrey Sherwood Markland - Avesnes-sur-Helpe Communal Cemetery Row AA. Coll. grave 5-8.
Flight Engineer: 567990 Sgt Anthony John Higgins - Avesnes-sur-Helpe Communal Cemetery Row AA. Coll. grave 5-8.
Observer:253057 Sgt John Arthur Edwards - Avesnes-sur-Helpe Communal Cemetery Row AA. Coll. grave. 5-8.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1306388 Sgt Arthur Sylwood Lush - Avesnes-sur-Helpe Communal Cemetery Row AA. Coll. grave 5-8.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:107929 Plt Off Robert Leonard Wootley - Avesnes-sur-Helpe Communal Cemetery Row AA.Coll. grave 5-8 (NCO:1163287 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 11 November, 1941)
Air Gunner:400174 Flt Sgt Geoffrey Russell Gahan RAAF - Avesnes-sur-Helpe Communal Cemetery Row AA. Coll. grave. 5-8.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
https://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=3796
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Dec-2017 16:39 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 20-Dec-2017 16:39 | Red Dragon | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source] |
| 12-Nov-2018 16:56 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 02-May-2022 18:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-May-2024 06:21 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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