ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202257
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| Date: | Thursday 2 April 1942 |
| Time: | 00:17 |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 144 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AD959 |
| MSN: | PL- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Groß Roscharden, Lastrup, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Luffenham, Rutland |
Homeward-bound, intercepted by Feldwebel Hans-Joachim Schmidt of the 1./NJG 3 flying from Vechta airfield - (claim) Lastrup, near Cloppenburg.
Aircraft crashed near Gross Roscharden 2km NW of Lastrup.
Crew
Pilot: 922269 Sgt L A E Smith PoW Luft 344 Lamsdorf. PoW Number 24797.
Observer: R/70737 George Murray Robertson RCAF - Becklingen War Cemetery Joint Grave 13. E. 3.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1250185 Sgt Arthur Henry Cassam - Becklingen War Cemetery 13. E. 7.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1257750 Sgt John Osborn Davies - Becklingen War Cemetery Joint Grave 13. E. 3.
Sources:
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
CWGC
RAF Prisoners of War
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 March 1940 | L4137 | 144 Sqn RAF | 3 | Scotter, near Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England |  |
w/o |
| 10 April 1941 | X3066 | 144 Sqn RAF | 4 | 2 km SW of Neeroeteren, Maaseik, Limburg |  |
w/o |
| 17 April 1941 | AD761 | 144 Sqn RAF | 3 | 2 miles ENE of RAF Hemswell, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England | |
w/o |
| 7 July 1941 | AD871 | 144 Sqn RAF | 4 | North Sea |  |
mis |
| 31 January 1942 | AE359 | 144 Sqn RAF | 1 | Aircraft ditched. Survivors spent some 20 hours in their dinghy. | |
unk |
| 12 February 1942 | AT175 | 144 Sqn RAF | 5 | North Sea |  |
mis |
| 6 April 1942 | AT226 | 144 Sqn RAF | 0 | Grendon Underwood Bombing Range 10 miles WNW of Aylesbury. | |
w/o |
| 11 April 1942 | AT187 | 144 Sqn RAF | 3 | Wrights Farm Holbeach Lincolnshire | |
w/o |
| 11 April 1942 | AT218 | 144 Sqn RAF | 3 | near Kühhude, Bad Berleburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 14 April 1942 | AT110 | 144 Sqn RAF | 4 | Felpham Sussex | |
w/o |
Images:
Crash site was found 02. Dec. 2018 crash site researcher Volker Urbansky from Cloppenburg. email: v.urbansky@t-online.de
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Nov-2017 20:18 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 17-Oct-2018 05:52 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 02-Dec-2018 11:54 | Anon. | Updated [Photo] |
| 31-Mar-2022 17:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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