ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53598
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| Date: | Thursday 10 April 1941 |
| Time: | 23:01 LT |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 106 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3148 |
| MSN: | ZN-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ittervoort, Limburg -
 Netherlands
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Handley Page Hampden Mk.I X3148 (ZN-E) of 106 Squadron, RAF. Lost on combat operations on night of 10-11/4/1941.
Took off from RAF Coningsby at 20:00 hours on 10/4/1941. Target: Düsseldorf. Over the Netherlands, it was coned by searchlights and shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Werner Streib of the Stab I./NJG 1 (flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield) and crashed at 23:01 LT at Ittervoort, municipality of Leudal, Limburg, 12 km South East of Weert, Holland, at approximate co ordinates 51°10′15″N 5°49′20″E. Three of the four crew were killed:
Pilot: Sgt.R.J. West, RAF - Survived, captured, taken as POW
Co-Pilot: Sgt. John Spencer (745618) RAF
WOp/AG: Sgt. Eric James Butler (759258) RAF
WOp/AG: Sgt. John Thompson Wright (817188) Royal Aux AF
Those who died rest Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Gelderland, Netherlands (Grave 16 rows F1-F3).
Sources:
1. W.R. Chorley: Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses in the Second World War 1941 page 40
2. http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1941%20sec_tcm5-7282.pdf
3. https://studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/10-11-04-1941-sglo-t0986-handley-page-hampden-mk-i-x3148-zn-e/
4. https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hampden/22376-X31481941-04-11.html
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2646926/spencer,-john/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2645208/butler,-eric-james/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2647167/wright,-john-thompson/
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ittervoort
9. Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 September 1940 | X2914 | 106 Sqn RAF | 3 | near West House Farm, Chilton Polden, near Bridgwater, Somerset |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-Apr-2016 07:12 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2017 07:29 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Source] |
| 24-Jul-2018 17:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2018 12:58 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 08-Apr-2019 08:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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