ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 200792
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| Date: | Wednesday 21 January 1942 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 408 (Goose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | X3051 |
| MSN: | EQ-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing, North Sea probably W of Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Balderton, Nottinghamshire |
Handley Page Hampden Mk.I X3051 (EQ-U) of 408 (Goose) Squadron, RCAF. Lost on combat operations on night of 21-22/1/1942. Took off from RAF Balderton at 17:50 on 21/1/1942 for Bremen. Aircraft failed to return, and presumed lost without trace, along with the crew of four. Probably, the aircraft crashed in aerial combat with Bf 110 D-3 R4+JP of the 6./NJG 2, flown by Unteroffizier Zipperlein.
All the crew are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Crew
J/5703 Pilot Officer Harold William Clarke RCAF (pilot, aged 20)
928292 Sgt Peter Bernard Chapple RAFVR (navigator, aged 21)
1053464 Sgt Reginald Grenville Eves RAFVR (WOp/Air Gunner, aged 21)
1053806 Sgt Robert Brown RAFVR (Air Gunner, aged 19)
Sources:
1. https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hampden/19523-X30511942-01-22.html
2. https://wartimememoriesproject.com/ww2/allied/royalairforce/sqdview.php?pid=559
3. http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RCAF/408_wwII.html
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1084305/chapple,-peter-bernard/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1084509/clarke,-harold-william/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1269758/eves,-reginald-grenville/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1530645/brown,-robert/
8. Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Nov-2017 13:04 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 13-Jul-2018 20:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Jul-2018 20:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 06-Oct-2018 17:57 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 02-Nov-2019 11:08 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2019 11:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2019 11:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 22-Jun-2022 08:08 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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