Accident Handley Page Hampden Mk I AD969,
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Date:Monday 23 June 1941
Time:02:00 LT
Type:Handley Page Hampden Mk I
Owner/operator:83 Sqn RAF
Registration: AD969
MSN: DL-X
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Bremervörde, Niedersachsen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 22:55 hrs for an operation to Bremen, Germany.
Over the Dutch Frisian islands, the aircraft was hit by 105 mm Marine Flak of the 6./Marine-Flak-Abteilung 246 battery Terschelling Ost at 01:10 and crashed 50 minutes later in Germany.

For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=AD969

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
22-Jun-2019 05:49 TigerTimon Added
25-Jun-2019 05:39 stehlik49 Updated [Operator]

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