ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 224194
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| Date: | Tuesday 10 March 1942 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 49 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AT174 |
| MSN: | EA-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hoerstgen, Kamp-Lintfort, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton |
| Essen |
Took off from RAF Scampton at 19:13.
Hit by 2/schw Res Flak Abt 401. Aircraft crashed at Hoerstgen near Kamp-Lintfort.
Crew:-
Pilot: 64095 Plt Off William Henry Thomson Andrews - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 17 Row D Grave 8. (NCO:1105965 Commission Gazetted : Friday 23 May, 1941)
Observer: 106041 Plt Off James Bernard Dunne - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 17 Row D Grave 9 (NCO:1050322 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 28 October, 1941)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1180018 Sgt Sydney Trevor Drew - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 17 Row D Grave 6.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 982054 Sgt Albert Alexander Gauld - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 17 Row D Grave 17.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1942
BCL 1942
CWGC
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 April 1940 | P1319 | 49 Sqn RAF | 4 | North Sea, near Sylt, Frisian Islands | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Apr-2019 17:57 | Anon. | Added |
| 14-Apr-2020 08:42 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source] |
| 10-Mar-2024 07:41 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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