ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203336
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| Date: | Friday 8 May 1942 |
| Time: | 02:54 LT |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 420 (City of London) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | AE389 |
| MSN: | PT-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | between Kalifornien and Holm; Schönberg, Schleswig-Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington |
| operation - Gardening (mine-laying) |
Coned by searchlight Holm (Marine-Flak-Abteilung 261), hit by light Flak of battery Holm and 4./leichte Flak-Abteilung 845; crashed.
Pilot:68791 Plt Off M F Carson - Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 765 (NCO:965684, Gazette of 11th July 1941)
Navigator:926466 Sgt Graham Colin Williams - Kiel War Cemetery 1. D. 9.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:987978 Flt Sgt Alexander Scouler Urquhart - Kiel War Cemetery 1. D. 8.
Air Gunner:1375068 Sgt William Albert McDonnell - Kiel War Cemetery 1. D. 10.
Crews returning reported encountering intense flak and searchlights from flak ships.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
420"City of London" Squadron Association
Bomber Command Losses 1942
CWGC
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 March 1942 | AE298 | 420 (City of London) Sqn RCAF | 4 | North Sea NW of Vlieland, Friesland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Dec-2017 15:25 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 24-Dec-2017 15:25 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator] |
| 09-Oct-2018 20:05 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 27-Nov-2021 09:38 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
| 05-May-2022 19:40 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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