ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53250
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| Date: | Friday 8 August 1941 |
| Time: | 05:59 LT |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AE303 |
| MSN: | OF-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea N of Terschelling, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Coningsby |
7/8 August 1941
Mission: Krupp Armament Works, Essen.
Took off from RAF Coningsby with four other aircraft from 97 Squadron (AE292, AE300, AE301, and AE302). Believed spotted by an enemy radar post (post TIGER on Terschelling) and shot down by a night fighter. AE303 crashed into the North Sea, north of Teschelling, West Frisan Islands (at approximate Coordinates: 53°24′N 5°19′E) at 05:59 hours local time. All four crew were killed:
RAF/60563: Pilot Officer Brian Bernard Hunder Rodwell (pilot) (NCO:924171 Commission Gazetted : Friday 28 February, 1941)
RAFVR/994392: Sgt. Gerald Percy Imison (Navigator/Bomb Aimer, aged 21)
RAF/553279: Flight Sgt. Maurice Charles Harvey (Wireless Op/Air Gunner)
RAF/567353: Flight Sgt. Robert Ronald Bell (Air Gunner)
Only one of the crew of four was recovered for burial: Flight Sgt Robert Bell is buried in Westerschelling General Cemetery on Terschelling; his companions were never found, and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
1. W.R. Chorley: Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses in the Second World War 1941 Page 111.
2. http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1941%20sec_tcm5-7282.pdf
3. https://studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/07-08-08-1941-sglo-t1165-handley-page-hampden-mk-i-ae303-of/
4. http://www.bomber-command.info/c97hamloss.htm
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2940493/rodwell,-benjamin-bernard-hunter/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1800880/imison,-gerald-percy/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1799602/harvey,-maurice-charles/
8. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2649143/bell,-robert-ronald/
9. http://www.prk-aviation.nl/Military%20aircraft%20losses%201940-1945%20WWII.htm
10. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-May-2016 19:47 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Jul-2018 21:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2018 15:11 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 22-Dec-2019 09:44 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 18-Feb-2020 10:52 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location] |
| 14-Jun-2022 23:12 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 07-Aug-2023 07:56 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Location]] |
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