ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203003
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| Date: | Wednesday 29 April 1942 |
| Time: | 02:30 LT |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 408 (Goose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | AE426 |
| MSN: | EQ-W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Edward Müller's furniture factory at Neumünster, Schleswig-Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Balderton |
| operation - Kiel |
Coned by searchlights between 02:26-30 hrs and, at 02:30 hrs attacked by Leutnant Paul Szameitat of the 6./NJG 3 based at Schleswig airfield.
Crew
Pilot:R/83552 Flt Sgt Richard Lawrence Gordon RCAF - Hamburg Cemetery 4A. G. 8.
Observer: R/76127 Flt Sgt James Arthur Easterbrooks Romas RCAF - Hamburg Cemetery 4A. G. 11.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1056825 Sgt William Yarr Alderdice -Hamburg Cemetery Joint grave 4A. G. 9-10.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1106167 Sgt Thomas Hindle - Hamburg Cemetery Joint grave. 4A. G. 9-10.
Sources:
http://aircrewremembered.com/gordon-richard-lawrence.html
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Dec-2017 20:38 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 06-Oct-2018 18:01 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 27-Apr-2022 19:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Apr-2022 19:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Destination airport] |
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