ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202288
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| Date: | Friday 3 April 1942 |
| Time: | 00:38 LT |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 455 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | P5325 |
| MSN: | UB-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing - Quiberon Bay, Morbihan -
 France
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wigsley, Tuxford, Nottinghamshire |
| RAF Wigsley, Tuxford, Nottinghamshire |
Handley Page Hampden Mk.I P5325: Built by Quebec Group, Canada, and issued 02/11/1941 To 455 Squadron, RAAF as "UB-B". Lost on combat operations in a "Gardening" (mine-laying) mission in the Quiberon Bay area Morbihan département, Brittany, off the coast of France. The aircraft was last heard from at 23.38 hours in position 48.53 N 05.57 W, but it did not return to base. Post war searches and enquiries found no trace of the missing aircraft or crew of four.
Crew
Pilot: 402376 Pilot Officer John Edward Maloney RAAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 111.
Navigator/Bomb Aimer: 400301 Sgt Calder Felton Woodburn RAAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 113.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 402629 Flying Officer Harry Neville Young RAAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 111.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 402611 Sgt Horace Edward Rowley RAAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 113.
Sources:
1. 455 SQUADRON RAAF WORLD WAR 2 FATALITIES
3. Bomber Command Losses 1942
3. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/hampden.htm
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiberon_Bay
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1079853/maloney,-john-edward/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1532012/woodburn,-calder-fenton/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1532270/young,-harry-neville/
8. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2940677/rowley,-horace-edward/
9. Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 November 1941 | AE243 | 455 Sqn RAAF | 4 | near Cologne (Köln), North Rhine-Westphalia |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Nov-2017 16:22 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 16-Jul-2018 18:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Jul-2018 18:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2018 13:09 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 04-Apr-2022 18:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 04-Apr-2022 18:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
| 18-Apr-2022 05:52 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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