Date & Time:
May 9, 1942 at 0220 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 679 Manchester
Operator:
Registration:
L7489
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Skellingthorpe - Skellingthorpe
Country:
Denmark
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
1
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The aircraft left RAF Skellingthorpe at 2146LT on May 8 on a bombing mission to Hamburg, Germany. While overflying Denmark by night, the captain ordered his crew to abandon the aircraft for unclear reasons. Six crew members bailed out while the captain remain seated in the cockpit until the aircraft crashed in a field located in Store Lind, some 8 km southwest of Stege, on Møn Island. All six other crew were unhurt and rescued.
Crew (50th Squadron):
Sgt Maurice Gruber, pilot, †
Sgt S. Garbutt,
P/O H. F. Avery,
Sgt J. Pearce,
Sgt D. Broadhead,
Sgt R. Solomon,
Sgt K. G. R. Johnson.
Photos: http://www.flensted.eu.com/194218.shtml
Crew (50th Squadron):
Sgt Maurice Gruber, pilot, †
Sgt S. Garbutt,
P/O H. F. Avery,
Sgt J. Pearce,
Sgt D. Broadhead,
Sgt R. Solomon,
Sgt K. G. R. Johnson.
Photos: http://www.flensted.eu.com/194218.shtml
