ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 193513
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| Date: | Thursday 12 February 1942 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 49 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AE240 |
| MSN: | EA-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing, North Sea just off the Dutch coast -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton |
Operation Fuller - Channel Dash. Lost without Trace. All the crew are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. M.H. Holt 402354 RAAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 112
Observer Sgt. C.L. Lee 926080 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 88
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner P/O. S.W.A. Way 116133 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 72
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sgt. L.C. Toghill 612946 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 95
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1408A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Bomber Command Losses 1942
49 Squadron Association
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 December 1939 | L4072 | 49 Sqn RAF | 2 | Togsten Terrance, North Broomhill, Amble, Northumberland |  |
w/o |
| 10 April 1942 | AE421 | 49 Sqn RAF | 4 | IJsselmeer 10 km E of Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Feb-2017 19:38 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 04-Nov-2017 21:24 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Jan-2018 22:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2018 05:07 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 04-Nov-2019 18:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Narrative] |
| 04-Nov-2019 18:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
| 22-Jun-2022 08:17 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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