ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53270
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| Date: | Saturday 26 July 1941 |
| Time: | 00:00 LT |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AD835 |
| MSN: | OL-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Reddingsweg, Schiermonnikoog, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire |
Handley Page Hampden Mk.I AD835 (OL-G) 83 Squadorn, RAF Scamption. Lost on combat operations on night of 25-26/7/1941. Target: Hanover. Took off from RAF Scampton at 22.05 hours on 25/7/1941. Shot down by a night-fighter (pilot by Lt Lothar Linke of II./NJG1) and crashed near Reddingsweg Schiermonnikoog, West Friesland, Netherlands, at approximate Coordinates: 53°29′N 6°10′E)
Most sources state that Hampden AD835 came down at 03.57 hours on the morning of 26/7/1941. Three of the crew of four were killed, one survived to be captured and taken as a PoW. The three airmen who died are buried in Vredenhof Cemetery.
Crew
Pilot: Sgt. P. Draper RAF (936710) - Survived, captured, taken as POW
Co-Pilot/Navigator: Sgt. John Nicholas Bailey Tate RAF (912606, aged 22) - killed
WOp/Air Gunner: Sgt.Edwin Marsden RAF (981749) - killed
WOp/Air Gunner: Sgt. Frank Lewis Thomas Ireson RAF (755021,aged 24)
Sgt P.H. Draper was interned in Camps 8B/L6/357, as PoW No.9620. The three airmen who died are buried in Vredenhof Cemetery, Schiermonnikoog, West Friesland, Netherlands
Sources:
1. W.R. Chorley: Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 103.
2. https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1141&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
3. https://studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/25-26-07-1941-sglo-t1141-handley-page-hampden-mk-i-ad835-ol-g/
4. https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hampden/23875-AD8351941-07-26.html
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2649133/tate,-john-nicholas-bailey/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2649115/marsden,-edwin/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2649111/ireson,-frank-lewis-thomas/
8. http://www.newmp.org.uk/article.php?categoryid=99&articleid=1431&displayorder=18
9. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ww2images/6902099779/
10. http://www.626-squadron.co.uk/willem4.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-May-2016 19:26 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jul-2018 23:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2018 12:10 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Operator] |
| 26-Jul-2019 17:33 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source] |
| 15-Jun-2022 00:28 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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