ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53601
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| Date: | Thursday 10 April 1941 |
| Time: | 22:55 LT |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 50 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AD828 |
| MSN: | VN-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Schietecoven, Ulestraten, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lindholme, North Yorkshire |
| RAF Lindholme |
10/11 April 1941-
NIGHT BOMBING, DUSSELDORF
Nine aircraft departed base around 19:30 hours for Dusseldorf. Four aircraft bombed with varying success, due to haze, one made the target, only to find the bomb doors frozen solid, and two more turned back. Two 50 Squadron aircraft failed to return from this mission - AD789 and AD828
Hampden AD828 was lost on this mission to Dusseldorf; the Pilot 42880 P/O David Evan-Frank Powell RAF being killed. Sgt. Raymond Edward Drake 648987 survived, becoming a POW (POW 596), as did Sgt. F. C. Snook, POW 612. Sgt. J. A. Davis is thought to have been severely injured and was hospitalised/made POW until being repatriated in February 1945.
Post war investigations established that AD828 was shot down by a night fighter of 3/NJG 1 flown by Obfw. Herzog, the aircraft crashing at Schietcoven Ulestraten, 6 km north of Maastricht, Limburg, in Holland (and almost on the then-occupied airfield at Maastricht- Aachen) at around 22.55hrs (indicating it was hit prior to reaching the target and incidentally at the exact same time that AD789 was shot down).
Pilot Officer Powell is buried in Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Nijmegen, Netherlands in Grave 16. F. 6. (Alongside his colleagues from Hampden AD789)
Crew details:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer David Evan Frank Powell RAF 42880 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 07 November, 1939) [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant J A Davis RAF [PoW, repatriated]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Raymond Edward Drake RAF 648987 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Francis Charles Snook RAF 751258 [PoW]
Sources:
1. Chorley W.R.: Bomber Command Losses 1941 page 40
2. http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1941%20sec_tcm5-7282.pdf
3. http://www.no-50-and-no-61-squadrons-association.co.uk/app/download/5802508903/50+SQUADRON+ORB+1939+1943+Revision+1.pdf.
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2646731/powell,-david-evan-frank/
5. https://studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/10-11-04-1941-sglo-t0989-handley-page-hampden-mk-i-ad828-vn/
6. https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hampden/25665-AD8281941-04-11.html
7. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 April 1940 | L4073 | 50 Sqn RAF | 4 | Sea off Lister Fjord/Kristiansand Harbour |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 20-Oct-2012 11:31 | al tocock | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 12-Jan-2013 07:30 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Phase] |
| 24-Jul-2018 16:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2018 20:25 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 08-Apr-2019 07:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location] |
| 10-Apr-2024 06:48 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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