ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 201051
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| Date: | Tuesday 24 February 1942 |
| Time: | 06:12 LT |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 106 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P4323 |
| MSN: | ZN-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | dunes at Sylt island, Schleswig-Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby |
| Gardening -Eglantine |
Coned by Scheinwerferstaffel & I. Zug 1./988. Hit by Flak of Marine Flak Abt 264 (Batteries Wittdün and Puan Klent) and 3./lei Res Flak Abt 988. Aircraft crashed in dunes at Sylt at 06:12.
Crew
Pilot: 1182493 Sgt Stanley Arthur Kent - Kiel War Cemetery Plot 3 Row B Grave 14.
Observer: 1280773 Sgt Reginald Stephen Anderson - Kiel War Cemetery Plot 3 Row B Grave 17.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 932614 Sgt Albert William Blake - Kiel War Cemetery Plot 3 Row B Grave 15.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1006997 Sgt Stanley Ronald McLeod - Kiel War Cemetery Plot 3 Row B Grave 16.
Sources:
Bomber Command losses 1942
Aircrew Remembered.
http://aircrewremembered.com/kent-stanley-arthur.html
Nachtjagd Combat Archives The Early Years - Theo Boiten
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Nov-2017 16:36 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 28-Oct-2018 13:12 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Damage, Operator] |
| 20-Apr-2019 14:20 | Anon. | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Feb-2022 10:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Damage, Narrative] |
| 14-Feb-2022 10:29 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
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