Manchester I L7324 - The North Sea                                                 Updated:  01 OCT 2018

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
e777424.htm Bird GOL F/Lt RAF 97 p028.htm MAN L7324 Bomb G The North Sea d150541 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777426.htm Brown W A P/O RAF 97 p028.htm MAN L7324 Bomb G The North Sea d150541 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
a020001.htm Hannigan W P Sgt RAF 97 p028.htm MAN L7324 Bomb G The North Sea d150541 b050841 c020.htm Furreby
a019002.htm Hutt K J F/Sgt RAF 97 p028.htm MAN L7324 Bomb G The North Sea d150541 b070841 c019.htm Frederikshavn
e777425.htm Nutt P N Sgt RAF 97 p028.htm MAN L7324 Bomb G The North Sea d150541 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777427.htm Pyatt R G Sgt RAF 97 p028.htm MAN L7324 Bomb G The North Sea d150541 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN


Den 15. maj 1941 styrtede MAN L7324 i Nordsøen. Hele besætningen omkom. Flyet forlod RAF Coningsby kl. 22.00 den 15. maj 1941 på et bombetogt mod Berlin.
"S.O.S. kl. 23.00 at styrbords motor var gået i stå og den anden var ustabil, da flyet var ud for De Frisiske Øer 20 miles nord for Borkum (her)." (p028MACR)

W. P. Hannigan må være drevet i land i nærheden af Løkken (omkring her). Han blev begravet i Furreby den 5. august 1941. (Kilde: FAF)

K. J. Hutt blev fundet ilanddrevet ved Blokhus (omkring her). Han blev begravet i Frederikshavn den 7. august 1941 af en tysk feltpræst. (Kilde: FAF)

1 flyver fra MAN L7324 blev begravet i Furreby og 1 i Frederikshavn. 4 flyvere har ingen kendt grav.  6 flyvere.

On 15 May 1941 MAN L7324 crashed into the North Sea. All of the crew perished.
The plane left RAF Coningsby at 2200 hrs. on 15 May 1941 on a bombing raid targeting Berlin.
"S.O.S. 2300 hrs. to effect that starboard engine had cut and the other was unstable when off Friesian Isles 20 miles north of Borkum (here)." (p028MACR)

W. P. Hannigan must have been washed ashore near Løkken (about here). He was buried i Furreby on 5 August 1941. (Source: FAF)

K. J. Hutt was found washed ashore near Blokhus (about here). On 7 August 1941 he was buried in Frederikshavn.
A German Army Chaplain officiated at the graveside ceremony. (Source: FAF)

See No. 97 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia and 97 Squadron Association. No. 97 Squadron (RAF) during the Second World War.
Manchester I L7324 OF-  took off from RAF Coningsby at 22.00 hrs on 15 MAY 1941. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.)
See RAF Coningsby at RAF-Lincolnshire-info and RAF Coningsby 2018. See Google Map RAF-Coningsby. 6 airmen.