ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 224015
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| Date: | Thursday 17 April 1941 |
| Time: | 00:22 LT |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 144 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AD761 |
| MSN: | PL- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 2 miles ENE of RAF Hemswell, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire |
The aircraft had just taken off for a Gardening (mine-laying) operation when it was shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Hans Hahn of the 3./NJG 2, who was flying a Ju 88 C-2 from Gilze-Rijen airfield, the Netherlands. Sergeant G. Walsh was severely injured but survived the war to rise to the rank of Squadron Leader; he retired in 1974.
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Henry Kirby RAFVR 745805 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant William Archibald Tyler RAFVR 903308 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Victor Godfrey Elliott RAFVR 743064 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant G Walsh RAF
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=AD761
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 |
| 10 April 1941 | X3066 | 144 Sqn RAF | 4 | 2 km SW of Neeroeteren, Maaseik, Limburg |  |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Apr-2019 17:20 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 19-Apr-2019 10:39 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 03-Apr-2024 11:59 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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