ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202430
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| Date: | Saturday 11 April 1942 |
| Time: | 00:51 |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 455 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | AT221 |
| MSN: | UB-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Delrath - Stürzelberg at Dormagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wigsley, Tuxford, Nottinghamshire |
| Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen |
Handley Page Hampden Mk.I AT221: Built by English Electric Co., Preston, and issued 26/02/1942 To 455 Squadron, RAAF, Coded UB-D
Coned by 1/Res Flakscheinw Abt 159, 2/Res Flakscheinw 648 and 3/III/Flak Regt 611. Hit by 1-3/Res Flak Abt 512, 1 & 3/Res Flak Abt 371, 1 & 3/Res Flak Abt 381, 1 & 3 133.
Aircraft crashed near Dalrath/Strurzberg at 00:51
Lost on combat operations on the night of the 10-11/04/1942, Lost on Op to Essen (Target: Main Square, Central Essen). Took off from RAF Wigsley, Tuxford, Nottinghamshire at 21:46 local time on the evening of 10/04/1942, and failed to return the following morning. All four crew killed.
Crew
3200: Flying Officer Robert Charles Roberts (Pilot, aged 29)
400623: Flying Officer Frederick Abbey Keck (Navigator/Bomb Aimer, aged 27)
1057411: Sgt John Ripley Wright (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, aged 21)
408045: Sgt Frank Hill Canning RAAF (Air Gunner, aged 21)
Coned by 1/Res Flakscheinw Abt 159, 2/Res Flakscheinw 648 and 3/III/Flak Regt 611. Hit by 1-3/Res Flak Abt 512, 1 & 3/Res Flak Abt 371, 1 & 3/Res Flak Abt 381, 1 & 3 133.
Aircraft crashed near Dalrath/Strurzberg at 00:51
Post war it was established that the aircraft crashed at Sturzelberg on the west bank of the Rhine, 11 kms south east of Neuss. All the crew were killed and were initially buried at Sturzelberg. (Stürzelberg is a district of the city Dormagen in the Rhein-Kreis Neuss in North Rhine-Westphalia in the administrative district of Dusseldorf, at approximate Coordinates: 51°8'27"N, 6°48' 56" E|. They are now buried in the Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany.
Sources:
1. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/hampden.htm
2. http://www.aircrewremembered.com/roberts-robert.html
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2032594/roberts,-robert-charles/
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2047746/keck,-frederick-abbey/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2033321/wright,-john-ripley/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2042643/canning,-frank-hill/
7. https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hampden/18437-AT2211942-04-11.html
8. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%C3%BCrzelberg
9. Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
10. Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 August 1943 | L4105 | 455 Sqn RAAF | 0 | RAF Leuchars, Fife, Scotland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Dec-2017 21:04 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 22-Jul-2018 18:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2018 13:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 30-Apr-2019 11:50 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 17-Apr-2020 18:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source] |
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