ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52991
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| Date: | Wednesday 14 January 1942 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 50 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AE420 |
| MSN: | VN-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | - missing - - |
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire |
14/15 January 1942
Eleven Hampden’s bombed the Bhlom & Voss Yards at Hamburg. AE420 (VN-U) took off from RAF Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire at 16.42 hours local time. Two aircraft failed to return - AE420 and AE431.
1378467 Sgt Robert Ashton Baddeley, RAFVR (pilot)
924548 Sgt John Michael Horley, RAFVR (observer, aged 23)
1168673 Sgt Donald Wilfred Cockburn RAFVR (Wireless Op/Air Gunner, aged 31) and
1181649 Sgt Leonard Arthur Angel RAFVR (Air Gunner, aged 19)
Were presumed killed aboard AE420 as the aircraft failed to return from the mission. Aircraft last heard over the North Sea off the Netherlands coast. Not clear if en route to target, or returning from target. All four were lost without trace and are commemorated on the memorial at Runnymede. (Unable to establish any more details)
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1942.
2. http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1942%20sec_tcm5-7283.pdf
3. http://www.no-50-and-no-61-squadrons-association.co.uk/app/download/5802508903/50+SQUADRON+ORB+1939+1943+Revision+1.pdf
4. https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hampden/25692-AE4201942-01-15.html
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1083137/baddeley,-robert-ashton/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1800477/horley,-john-michael/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1084652/cockburn,-donald-wilfred/
8. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1082845/angel,-leonard-arthur/
9. Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 17-Nov-2016 18:00 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Feb-2017 21:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator] |
| 16-Feb-2017 06:53 | TigerTimon | Updated [Damage] |
| 26-Oct-2017 12:22 | Red Dragon | Updated [Date, Other fatalities] |
| 23-Dec-2017 16:33 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 13-Jul-2018 20:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2018 19:18 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 10-Jan-2022 19:22 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source] |
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