ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 226915
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| Date: | Monday 7 July 1941 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 49 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AD739 |
| MSN: | EA-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire |
Mission - Brest, France.
On return, shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Wilhelm Beier of the 3./NJG 2, who was flying Ju 88 C-2 R4+AL from Gilze-Rijen airfield, the Netherlands.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=AD739
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 October 1940 | X3027 | 49 Sqn RAF | 4 | North Sea within a mile of the Skegness coast; Lincolnshire, England | |
w/o |
| 10 April 1942 | AT190 | 49 Sqn RAF | 2 | Bottrop-Nord, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jul-2019 09:02 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 08-Jul-2019 14:29 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
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