ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 223759
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| Date: | Thursday 10 April 1941 |
| Time: | 23:32 LT |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 144 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3066 |
| MSN: | PL- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 2 km SW of Neeroeteren, Maaseik, Limburg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff for an operation to Düsseldorf, Germany.
Over Belgium, the aircraft was coned by searchlights and engaged by night fighter pilot Leutnant Hans-Dieter Frank of the Stab I./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 C-4 from Venlo airfield, the Netherlands. In the engagement, the Messerschmitt collided with the Hampden and was substantially damaged (15%). The Luftwaffe pilot managed to bring the aircraft back to base.
The RAF crew is buried at Adegem, Maldegem, Belgium:
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Noel James Kerr RAFVR 81041 (NCO:741858 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 16 July, 1940) [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Robert James Hamilton RAFVR 85676 (NCO:758057 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 22 October, 1940) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Jack Howell DFM RAF 552601 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Arthur Ronald Wickens RAFVR 909288 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/hampden-x3066-te-neeroeteren
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=X3066
Google Maps
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=R0091&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 March 1940 | L4137 | 144 Sqn RAF | 3 | Scotter, near Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England |  |
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 |
| 2 April 1942 | AD959 | 144 Sqn RAF | 3 | Groß Roscharden, Lastrup, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
| 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 |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Apr-2019 08:54 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 19-Apr-2019 10:39 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 14-Nov-2022 05:01 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 10-Apr-2024 06:49 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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