ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53317
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| Date: | Tuesday 8 July 1941 |
| Time: | 02:10 |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 106 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AD735 |
| MSN: | ZN-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Heesch, NE of 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Handley Page Hampden Mk.I AD735 (ZN-R) of 106 Squadron, RAF. Lost on combat operations on night of 7-8/7/1941. Target: Monchengladbach. Took off from RAF Coningsby on evening of 7/7/1941. Aircraft borrowed by 97 Squadron. Shot down by a night-fighter (Oberleutnant Heinrich Griese of the 1./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield) and crashed 02:10 hours on 8/7/1941 at Heesch, North East of Den Bosch, Noord Brabant, Holland, at approximate co ordinates: 51°44′N, 5°32′E. Three of the crew of four were killed, one survived to be taken as a POW.
Crew:
Pilot: Sgt. R. Wotherspoon RAF (758206) - Survived, captured, taken as POW
Observer: Flight Sgt. Philip Hudson DFM RAF (564248, aged 27) - KIA
WOp/Air Gunner: Sgt. Kenneth Charles James Botsford RAF (912744, aged 21) - KIA
Air Gunner: Sgt. Hugh Tait RAF (755370, aged 25) - KIA
Those who died are buried in Uden War Cemetery, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 85.
2. http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1941%20sec_tcm5-7282.pdf
3. https://studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/07-08-07-1941-sglo-t1093-handley-page-hampden-mk-i-ad735-zn-r/
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2765802/hudson,-philip/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2765555/botsford,-kenneth-charles-james/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2766088/tait,-hugh/
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heesch,_Netherlands
8. Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 October 1939 | L4175 | 106 Sqn RAF | 0 | near RAF Finningley, South Yorkshire |  |
w/o |
| 3 January 1942 | AT123 | 106 Sqn RAF | 4 | North Sea near Terschelling, Friesland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-May-2016 18:09 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Jul-2018 20:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Jul-2018 20:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 24-Jul-2018 22:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 24-Jul-2018 22:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2018 12:59 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 08-Jul-2019 11:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Jun-2022 09:14 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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