ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 213405
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| Date: | Monday 24 May 1943 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 455 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | AT132 |
| MSN: | UB-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, 5 miles off Frazerburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leuchars, Fife, Scotland |
Handley Page Hampden Mk.I AT132: Built by English Electric Co., Preston, Converted to Hampden T.B.I (Torpedo Bomber), and issued to 455 Squadron, RAAF, Coded UB-K.
Written off (destroyed) 24/05/1943 when collided with Bristol Beaufighter of 235 Squadron RAF approximately five miles off Frazerburgh, Aberdeenshire, during air launched torpedo exercise. All four crew were killed
Crew:
411768: Flight Sgt John Samuel Freeth RAAF (Pilot, aged 23) KIA
1330814: Flight Sgt Albert John Wheatcroft RAF (Navigator/Bomb Aimer, aged 22) KIA
404593: Flying Officer Ian Hamilton Whitson RAAF (W/Op, aged 25) KIA
R74871: Flight Sgt Horace Robert John Downing RCAF (Air Gunner, aged 25) KIA
Sources:
1. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/hampden.htm
2. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1270444/freeth,-john-samuel/
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2457159/wheatcroft,-albert-john/
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1531483/whitson,-ian-hamilton/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2849521/downing,-horace-robert-john/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 April 1942 | AE291 | 455 Sqn RAAF | 4 | near Hitdorf, Leverkusen, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 16 May 1943 | AN148 | 455 Sqn RAAF | 4 | sea off RAF Sumburgh, Shetland Islands | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Jul-2018 23:46 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 11-Nov-2018 13:15 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Operator] |
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