ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202295
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| Date: | Monday 6 April 1942 |
| Time: | 07:37 |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 144 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AT226 |
| MSN: | PL- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Grendon Underwood Bombing Range 10 miles WNW of Aylesbury. -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Luffenham, Rutland |
Homebound they ran out of fuel and crashed landed at Grendon Underwood Bombing Range 10 miles WNW of Aylesbury. The crew thought they had landed in enemy territory and burnt the aircraft
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Henry Charles Weeks RAAF Aus/402990
Observer : Pilot Officer David Huntly Johnson RAFVR 80283 (NCO:778388 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 07 April, 1942)
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant S Rickard RAF 1325467
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Gowland RAF
Sources:
Bomber Command Losses 1942
144 Squadron
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 March 1940 | L4137 | 144 Sqn RAF | 3 | Scotter, near Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England | |
w/o |
| 10 April 1941 | X3066 | 144 Sqn RAF | 4 | 2 km SW of Neeroeteren, Maaseik, Limburg |  |
w/o |
| 17 April 1941 | AD761 | 144 Sqn RAF | 3 | 2 miles ENE of RAF Hemswell, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England | |
w/o |
| 7 July 1941 | AD871 | 144 Sqn RAF | 4 | North Sea |  |
mis |
| 31 January 1942 | AE359 | 144 Sqn RAF | 1 | Aircraft ditched. Survivors spent some 20 hours in their dinghy. | |
unk |
| 12 February 1942 | AT175 | 144 Sqn RAF | 5 | North Sea |  |
mis |
| 2 April 1942 | AD959 | 144 Sqn RAF | 3 | Groß Roscharden, Lastrup, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
| 11 April 1942 | AT187 | 144 Sqn RAF | 3 | Wrights Farm Holbeach Lincolnshire | |
w/o |
| 11 April 1942 | AT218 | 144 Sqn RAF | 3 | near Kühhude, Bad Berleburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 14 April 1942 | AT110 | 144 Sqn RAF | 4 | Felpham Sussex | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Nov-2017 19:17 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 17-Oct-2018 05:52 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 05-Apr-2024 06:54 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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