ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202428
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| Date: | Saturday 11 April 1942 |
| Time: | 00:50 |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 455 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | AE291 |
| MSN: | UB-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Hitdorf, Leverkusen, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wigsley |
| Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen |
Handley Page Hampden AE291: Built by English Electric Co., Preston, Converted to Hampden T.B.I (Torpedo Bomber). Issued 24/3/1942 to 455 Squadron, RAAF, Coded UB-K. Lost on combat operations on night of 10-11/04/1942:
Hit by 1-3/Res Flak Abt 511, 1-3/Res Flak Abt 465, 1-3/Res Flak Abt 381 and 1-3/Res Flak Abt 512. Aircraft crashed near Hitdorf at 00:50.
Crew
Pilot: 403142 Flying Officer Seth Tilstone Manners RAAF - Rheinberg War Cemetery 1. C. 17.
Navigator/Bomb Aimer: 404790 Flying Officer Charles Anthony Harland - Rheinberg War Cemetery 1. C. 20.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1310060 Sgt Joseph Anthony Larkin - Rheinberg War Cemetery 1. C. 19.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1355088 Sgt Charles Kay Ormston - Rheinberg War Cemetery 1. C. 18.
Sources:
1. 455 SQUADRON RAAF WORLD WAR 2 FATALITIES
2. Bomber Command Losses 1942
3. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/hampden.htm
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2048087/manners,-seth-tilstone/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2047407/harland,-charles-antony/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2047840/larkin,-joseph-anthony/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2032312/ormston,-charles-kay/
8. Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
9. Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 May 1943 | AN148 | 455 Sqn RAAF | 4 | sea off RAF Sumburgh, Shetland Islands |  |
w/o |
| 24 May 1943 | AT132 | 455 Sqn RAAF | 4 | North Sea, 5 miles off Frazerburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland | |
w/o |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Dec-2017 20:43 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 14-Jul-2018 22:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jul-2018 20:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2018 13:05 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 30-Apr-2019 11:50 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 17-Apr-2020 18:21 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source] |
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