ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 274232
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Date: | Thursday 15 January 1942 |
Time: | 21:50 LT |
Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 106 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | P1341 |
MSN: | ZN-? |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Hostrup, Varde, Syddanmark -
Denmark
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Took off at 17:10 hrs local time for a bombing operation against Hamburg in Germany.
The aircraft was damaged by Flak west of Wilhelmshaven, setting starboard engine in flames. The Hampden lost altitude and set course for Sweden. The crew abandoned the aircraft near Nordenskov.
The four were taken prisoner of war.
Sources:
http://www.flensted.eu.com/194201.shtml Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
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Other occurrences involving this aircraft
15 September 1941 |
AE232 |
106 Sqn RAF |
1 |
Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg |
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w/o |
26 November 1941 |
AE317 |
106 Sqn RAF |
4 |
North Sea 3-4 km west-northwest of Wangerooge island, Niedersachsen |
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mis |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Jan-2022 14:33 |
TigerTimon |
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