ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53254
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| Date: | Wednesday 6 August 1941 |
| Time: | 01:00 LT |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 106 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AE120 |
| MSN: | ZN-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Corner of Luimesweg & Den Dam, Breedenbroek, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
5/6 August 1941
Mission: Mannheim and Ludwigshafen
Took off from RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire at 22:25 hours local time on the evening of 5/8/1941. Shot down by Flak/AAA at 01.00 hours on the morning of 6/8/1941. AE120 crashed onto the dwelling and carpenter's workshop of the Lammers family, at the corner of the Luimesweg and Den Dam in Breedenbroek, Gendringen, killing all four crew of the Hampden as well as two young children in the house, Gerda Johanna Lammers (aged 4 years) and her brother Hendrik (aged 12). Of the 33 Hampdens on this operation, only AE120 failed to return safely
402160: Sgt. William Leslie Knowles, RNZAF (pilot, aged 21)
903519: Sgt James Melvin Macilwraith RAF (Observer, aged 22)
546681: Flight Sgt. Alexander Philip Price DFM RAF (Wireless Op/Air Gunner)
1100648: Sgt.C. Rhodes RAF (Wireless Op/Air Gunner, aged 19)
Their bodies of the Hampden crew were recovered, and are buried in the Roman Catholic Cemetery in Gendringen. The other two occupants of the house that the Hampden crashed onto survived, but were injured
Sources:
1. 'The Hampden File' by Harry Moyle (Air Britain published 1989)
2. Chorley W.R.: Bomber Command Losses 1941 page 109
3. http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1941%20sec_tcm5-7282.pdf
4. https://studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/05-06-08-1941-sglo-t1160-handley-page-hampden-mk-i-ae120-zn/
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breedenbroek
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2648002/knowles,-william-leslie/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2648007/macilwraith,-james-melven/
8. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2648011/price,-alexander-philip/
9. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2648013/rhodes,-cecil/
10. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?p=220398
11. http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C28269
12. https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1160&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
13. Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 September 1940 | P1256 | 106 Sqn RAF | 2 | Misson, 3 miles east of RAF Finningley, South Yorkshire |  |
w/o |
| 21 January 1942 | AE123 | 106 Sqn RAF | 1 | IJssel river near Spoolde, Zwolle, Overijssel | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 20-Jun-2009 23:19 | mhstevens | Updated |
| 21-Jun-2009 09:23 | mhstevens | Updated |
| 06-Sep-2011 16:52 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Source] |
| 25-Jun-2012 08:45 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 25-Jun-2012 08:47 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Source] |
| 31-Jul-2018 21:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2018 13:00 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 11-Feb-2020 13:21 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
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