ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53392
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| Date: | Friday 16 May 1941 |
| Time: | 03:36 LT |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 144 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AD841 |
| MSN: | PL-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Monnickenmeer, Monnickendam, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire |
Handley Page Hampden Mk.I AD841 (PL-Q) of 144 Sqaudron RAF. Lost on combat operations on the night of 15-16/5/1941. Target: Hannover. Took off from RAF Hemswell at 23:00 hours on the evening of 15/5/1941. The aircraft received a direct Flak hit in the starboard engine over the target at 01:49, gradually losing height on the way back, abandoned and crashed in the Monnicksmeer Broek, Waterland, near Ilpendam, Noord Holland, 12 km North East of Amsterdam, Netherlands. Of the crew of four, two were killed, and two were captured and taken as POWs:
Crew
Pilot: Pilot Officer William Aledander McVie RAF (61010, aged 27) - KIA
Co-Pilot: Pilot Officer Stanley Leonard Bailey RAF (87386, aged 25) - KIA
WOp/Air Gunner: Sgt. C. Carter RAF - Survived, captured, taken as POW
Air Gunner: Sgt. J.K. Scouller RAF - Survived, captured, taken as POW
Those who died are buried in the New Eastern Cemetery in Amsterdam. A memorial at Zarken 19, Monnickendam commemorates the RAF fatalities of Monnickendam in the Second World War:
Crash - 16-05-1941 - Hampden AD841
Crash - 26-03-1942 - Wellington W5371
Crash - 20-12-1942 - Lancaster R2679.
At least one of the engines was recovered - see link #9
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Bomber Command losses of the Second World War 1942 Page 58.
2. https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1033&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
3. https://studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/15-16-05-1941-sglo-t1033-handley-page-hampden-mk-i-ad841-pl-q/
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2619639/mcvie,-william-alexander/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2619508/bailey,-stanley-leonard/
6. https://www.tracesofwar.com/sights/52630/Memorial-Crashes-Monnickendam.htm
7. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showpost.php?p=38071&postcount=2
8. https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/2021650/memorix_33dc8dfd_7811_fe2f_454f_c06461cb66c5.html (Dutch text)
9. https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&u=http://www.arg1940-1945.nl/motoren%25202.htm&prev=search
10. Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 July 1940 | P4361 | 144 Sqn RAF | 4 | Russee, SW of Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-Mar-2011 05:03 | Anon. | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport] |
| 06-Apr-2016 18:23 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2017 07:28 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 24-Jul-2018 18:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Oct-2018 05:38 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 14-Feb-2019 16:39 | Cobar | Updated [Embed code] |
| 14-May-2019 18:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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