ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203416
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| Date: | Saturday 9 May 1942 |
| Time: | 01:24 |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 408 (Goose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | AE297 |
| MSN: | EQ-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rövershagen, Mecklenburg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Balderton |
| operation - Warnemünde, Rostock |
Coned by 11 & 13/Flak Regt 25. Hit by 1/Res Flak Abt 251, 1/Res Flak Abt 224 and 2 & 4/Res Flak Abt 227. Crashed near Rovershagen at 01:24.
Crew
Pilot:R/71494 Flt Sgt Jack Wellington Markle RCAF – Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery : 8. A. 5.
Observer:R/80168 Flt Sgt Clarence Henry Finkbeiner RCAF – Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery 8. A. 6.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:J/15417 Plt Off Jack Stanley Dafoe RCAF – Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery 8. A. 13.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1000270 Sgt Edgar John Jex Killham – Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery 8. A. 16-32.
Sources:
Book of Remembrance 408 "Goose" Squadron Royal Canadian Air Force.
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Dec-2017 15:30 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 26-Dec-2017 15:31 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 27-Dec-2017 13:11 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator] |
| 06-Oct-2018 18:03 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 14-May-2019 14:21 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Location, Country, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 06-May-2022 09:40 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source] |
| 04-Jul-2022 11:26 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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