ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202573
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| Date: | Wednesday 15 April 1942 |
| Time: | 02:32 LT |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 420 (City of London) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | AT128 |
| MSN: | PT-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Norf, Neuss, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 21:30 hrs for an operation to Dortmund in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and hit by heavy (schwere) Flak.
The crew were initially buried at Neuss:
Pilot: 748081 Flt Sgt Bradley Winship Johnson - Rheinberg War Cemetery 1. E. 4.
Navigator:1056269 Sgt Henry Ernest Vosper - Rheinberg War Cemetery 1. E. 3.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 922788 Sgt Joseph Preston Shipton - Rheinberg War Cemetery 1. E. 2.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1053447 Sgt John Charles Donald McHardy - Rheinberg War Cemetery 1. E. 1.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=AT128+
Google Maps
420"City of London" Squadron
Bomber Command Losses 1942
CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Dec-2017 22:10 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 09-Oct-2018 20:03 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 05-Feb-2020 09:53 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 18-Apr-2020 08:53 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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