ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 174820
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| Date: | Friday 21 June 1940 |
| Time: | 23:30 |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 61 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P4346 |
| MSN: | QR-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Jöllenbeck, 6 km NW of Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire |
Handley Page Hampden Mk.I P4346 (QR-N) of 61 Squadron, RAF Hamswell. Lost on combat operations on night of 21/6/1940 when shot down by German flak/AAA during an air raid on Schwerte, Germany. AAA shell hit and destroyed the horizontal tail. The machine could no longer hold its own in the air and crashed six kilometers northwest of the Bielefeld city center, near the district of Jöllenbeck, Three of the four crew were killed, one survived to be taken PoW. The deceased are buried at the British War Cemetery Reichswald, Germany.
Crew:
Flight Lt David Martin "Spooky" Barrett, survived, taken POW RAF 37078
Pilot Officer Jeffrey Guy Mitchell (Service Number 41862) KIA
Sgt Roland Houghton-Brown (Service Number 581100, aged 22) KIA
Sgt Charles Norman Webster (Service Number 631464, aged 19) KIA
R.I.P.
Sources:
1. http://www.spurensuche-owl.de/front_content.php?idart=154
2. https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hampden/24991-P43361940-06-10.html
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2040443/mitchell,-jeffrey-guy/
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2055613/houghton-brown,-roland/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2046805/webster,-charles-norman/
6. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 March 1940 | L4111 | 61 Sqn RAF | 4 | RAF Digby, Scopwick Heath, Lincolnshire |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Mar-2015 13:57 | gerard57 | Added |
| 02-Jun-2015 13:26 | BlB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 11-Jun-2017 13:07 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 23-Dec-2017 17:57 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 29-Jun-2018 20:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Jun-2018 20:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Location, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 09:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 16-Apr-2024 14:53 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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