ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 213438
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| Date: | Friday 7 November 1941 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 455 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | AE243 |
| MSN: | UB-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Cologne (Köln), North Rhine-Westphalia -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire |
Handley Page Hampden Mk.I AE243: Built by English Electric Co., Preston,Converted to Hampden T.B.I (Torpedo Bomber). Issued 21/07/1941 to 455 Squadron, RAAF, Coded UB-B
Took off from RAF Swinderby at 18:30 on 07/11/1941 on a "Rover" patrol. Tasked (with three other aircraft from 455 Squadron) to bomb and machine gun searchlight and Flak/AAA batteries in the Aachen area. Lost on combat operations on night of 07-08/11/1941 when failed to return. Believed lost on patrol near Cologne (Köln), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. All four crew killed.
Crew:
Sgt Maurice Albert Jenkins 1255580 RAF (Pilot) KIA
Sgt Donald Reginald Rawlings 1251662 RAF (Navigator) KIA
Flight Sgt Keith Morris 553926 RAF (W/Op) KIA
Sgt George Albert McGarvey 969452 RAF (Air Gunner) KIA
It is possible that the Hampden came down in the area of Heverlee, Leuven. Belgium, as all four crew were buried at the GWGC Cemetery there. However, as this cemetery was established post-war (1946), so it is more likely that they were killed in the Cologne area on 8/9/1941, and re-buried in Heverlee in 1946
Sources:
1. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/hampden.htm
2. https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hampden/38749-RAF21011.html
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2777626/jenkins,-maurice-albert/
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2777890/rawlings,-donald-reginald/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2777785/morris,-keith/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2777713/mcgarvey,-george-albert/
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heverlee_Commonwealth_War_Graves_Commission_Cemetery
8. http://aircrewremembered.com/gordon-james-anthony-cathcart-gordon.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 April 1942 | P5325 | 455 Sqn RAAF | 4 | Missing - Quiberon Bay, Morbihan |  |
mis |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Jul-2018 19:15 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 18-Jul-2018 19:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jul-2018 19:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location] |
| 10-Nov-2018 22:21 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 13-Jul-2020 20:09 | Paul McGuiness | Updated [Date] |
| 05-Nov-2021 13:33 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities] |
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