ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202503
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| Date: | Wednesday 15 April 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 49 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AD931 |
| MSN: | EA-X |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Scampton |
Handley Page Hampden Mk.i AD931 (EA-X) of 49 Squadron, RAF Scampton. Lost on combat operations on night of 14-15/4/1942. Mission: Dortmund. Believed to have been shot down by a night fighter. Two of the crew of four were killed, and two were taken as POWs
Crew
Pilot: 950911 Flying Off Herbert Glyn Williams - Survived, Captured, taken as PoW and incarcerated in Stalag Luft 3 (PoW Number 215) (NCO:950911 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 17 March, 1942)
Observer: 1255058 Sgt Leslie William Webbe - KIA - body recovered for burial in Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 9. A. 9.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1167452 Sgt Horace Stanley Brown - KIA - body recovered for burial at Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 9. A. 8.
Air Gunner: 533845 Sgt William Ralph - Captured, taken as PoW, incacertated in Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria/Stalag Luft 6 Hydekrug/Stalag 357 Kopernikus (PoW Number 178).
Sources:
1. 49 Squadron Association
2. RAF Prisoners of War
3. https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hampden/25885-AD9311942-04-15.html
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2046800/webbe,-leslie-william/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2037229/brown,-horace-stanley/
6. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Dec-2017 17:26 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 03-Aug-2018 00:29 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2018 05:18 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 18-Apr-2020 09:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location] |
| 14-Apr-2024 06:34 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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