Halifax crew memorial at Manea
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Halifax crew memorial at Manea
Image: © Adrian S Pye Taken: 10 Aug 2020
Halifax LK789 MP-L of 76 Sqdn had departed Holme on Spalding Moor at 2209 for Ops Karlsruhe on 25th April 1944. On its return to the UK, it was intercepted at 3000feet, 20km NE of Cambridge by a Luftwaffe intruder captained by Lt Wolfgang Wenning (Stab II/KG51) and shot down for his 5th Abschusse at 0420 It crashed near Colony Farm, Manea at 0422 with the loss of six crew. The Rear Gunner survived albeit injured. The memorial can be seen here https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6564944 Colony Farm is no longer marked on the maps but was at TL 5110 9181 It can be seen on older maps. Article: http://www.ousewashes.info/places/colony/colony-at-manea-fen.htm
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Image Location
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52.485165
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0.177392