ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 213369
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| Date: | Saturday 12 December 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 455 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | P2078 |
| MSN: | UB-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | off coast of Norway -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire |
Handley Page Hampden Mk.I P2078: Built by English Electric Co., Preston, converted to Hampden T.B.I (Torpedo Bomber), and on 19/11/1942 issued to 455 Squadron, RAAF, at RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire, Coded UB-P.
Lost on patrol off the Norwegian coast. Took off on the evening of 11/12/1942, and failed to return the following morning. Two of the crew of four were killed, two survived to be taken PoW
Crew:
403583: Pilot Officer G.I. Gunton (Pilot) survived, taken as POW
404814: Pilot Officer Thomas Alfred Edgoose (Navigator/Bomb Aimer, aged 27) KIA
402779: Sgt D.F. Thomas (W/Op) survived, taken as POW
404633: Sgt Arnold.Errol Crossley (Air Gunner, aged 25) KIA
Sources:
1. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/hampden.htm
2. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/232755/edgoose,-tom-alfred/
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/231565/crossley,-arnold-erol/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 November 1941 | P1201 | 455 Sqn RAAF | 0 | Onoz, Jemeppe-sur-Sambre, Namur |  |
w/o |
| 11 January 1943 | AD792 | 455 Sqn RAAF | 3 | Kincardineshire, Scotland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Jul-2018 17:39 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 11-Nov-2018 13:14 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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