ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52989
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| Date: | Thursday 12 February 1942 |
| Time: | 17:37 |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 420 (Snowy Owl) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | AT134 |
| MSN: | PT-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 7 km west of Katwijk, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington |
Operation Fuller. Attack on Gneisenau and Scharnhorst during Channel Dash.
Shot down by Oblt Eberhard Bock of the 6./JG 1, flying a Bf 109F from Haamstede airfield.
Takeoff time: 14:45
Crew:
Pilot S/Ldr. G.T.B. Harris 41406 RAF / Amsterdam cemetery; grave 85 B 11
Observer F/O. H.H. Miller J/4697 RCAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 99
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sgt. P.V.E. Rothery 1058195 RAF / Den Haag cemetery; grave 1 17
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner F/Sgt. A.H. Brunt 553570 RAF / Den Haag cemetery; grave 2 25
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1407&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Bomber Command losses 1942
CWGC
book 'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd' for Haamstede
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 11-Feb-2017 19:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Nov-2017 20:39 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Dec-2017 17:41 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 06-Jan-2018 21:50 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2018 20:00 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 04-Nov-2019 18:08 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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