ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202505
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| Date: | Wednesday 15 April 1942 |
| Time: | 03:30-45 |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 144 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AT157 |
| MSN: | PL-Y |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Straelen, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Luffenham, Rutland |
| RAF North Luffenham, Rutland |
Handley Page Hampden Mk.I AT157 (PL-Y) of 144 Squadron, RAF. Lost on combat operations on night of 15/04/1942 on mission to Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and hit by heavy (schwere) Flak.
Of the crew of four, two were killed, and two survived to be captured and taken as PoW:
87441: Flying Officer Billy Stanley Booker (Pilot) Captured, taken as PoW. To Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria. PoW Number 761. Initially in hospital before being transferred to a PoW Camp. (NCO:901295 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 26 November, 1940)
987759: Flight Sgt William Alexander Coulson Browne (Obeserver, aged 25) KIA - buried at Rheinberg War Cemetery 2. A. 2.
1058280: Sgt Jack Gledhill (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, aged 21) KIA - buried at Rheinberg War Cemetery 2. A. 1.
1052405: Sgt Douglas Forbes Stephen (Air Gunner) Captured, taken as PoW. To Luft 357 Kopernikus. PoW Number 183.
Sources:
1. RAF Prisoners of War
2. Bomber Command Losses 1942
3. http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=AT157
4. https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hampden/21611-AT1571942-04-15.html
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2042574/browne,-william-alexander-coulson/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2043224/gledhill,-jack/
7. Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
8. Google Maps
9. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 September 1941 | AD936 | 144 Sqn RAF | 1 | Buikslotermeer, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Dec-2017 18:26 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 22-Jul-2018 19:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Oct-2018 05:56 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 18-Apr-2020 09:07 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Apr-2024 06:37 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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