ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 22588
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| Date: | Saturday 31 January 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 144 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AE359 |
| MSN: | PL- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Aircraft ditched. Survivors spent some 20 hours in their dinghy. -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Luffenham, Rutland |
Took off from RAF North Luffenham for Brest. The aircraft crashed at Creances (Manche) 3 km SW of Lessay, Basse-Normandie, France. (At approximate co ordinates Latitude: 49°12'04'' North, Longitude: 01°34'01'' West). Of the crew of four, one was killed and the other three captured and taken as PoWs
Crew:-
1181380: Sgt Peter Lawrence Edward Le Queux (pilot, aged 26) - KIA, body recovered for burial
778298 Sgt John Knight Barron Laing PoW Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug. PoW Number 24754
1002100 Sgt Roland George Saunders PoW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. PoW Number 24755
974167 Sgt Colin McVicar Smart PoW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. PoW Number 24762
Sgt Peter Le Queux was buried at Creances Churchyard, and later re-buried at the Bayeux War Cemetery, Calvados, France.
Sources:
1. Bomber Command Losses 1942 later corrected.
2. RAF Prisoners of War.
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2846129/le-queux,-peter-lawrence-edward/
4. http://www.map-france.com/Creances-50710/
5. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 March 1940 | L4137 | 144 Sqn RAF | 3 | Scotter, near Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England | |
w/o |
| 10 April 1941 | X3066 | 144 Sqn RAF | 4 | 2 km SW of Neeroeteren, Maaseik, Limburg |  |
w/o |
| 17 April 1941 | AD761 | 144 Sqn RAF | 3 | 2 miles ENE of RAF Hemswell, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England | |
w/o |
| 7 July 1941 | AD871 | 144 Sqn RAF | 4 | North Sea |  |
mis |
| 12 February 1942 | AT175 | 144 Sqn RAF | 5 | North Sea |  |
mis |
| 2 April 1942 | AD959 | 144 Sqn RAF | 3 | Groß Roscharden, Lastrup, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
| 6 April 1942 | AT226 | 144 Sqn RAF | 0 | Grendon Underwood Bombing Range 10 miles WNW of Aylesbury. | |
w/o |
| 11 April 1942 | AT187 | 144 Sqn RAF | 3 | Wrights Farm Holbeach Lincolnshire | |
w/o |
| 11 April 1942 | AT218 | 144 Sqn RAF | 3 | near Kühhude, Bad Berleburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 14 April 1942 | AT110 | 144 Sqn RAF | 4 | Felpham Sussex | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Aug-2008 09:37 | JPWoodhead | Added |
| 15-Aug-2012 06:35 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2017 18:17 | Red Dragon | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 11-Aug-2018 19:31 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Oct-2018 05:46 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 31-Jan-2024 08:00 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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