ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 226637
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| Date: | Monday 30 June 1941 |
| Time: | 01:56 LT |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 106 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AD895 |
| MSN: | ZN- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Osternburg, Oldenburg, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 23:15 hrs for an operation to Bremen.
Coned by searchlights and shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Rudolf Altendorf of the 3./NJG 3, who was flying a Bf 110 from Vechta airfield.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=AD895
Google Maps
http://www.vooroudersonline.nl/tng/placesearch.php?psearch=Osternburg%2C+Oldenburg%2C+Niedersachsen%2C+Deutschland&tree=savenije
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 July 1941 | AD862 | 106 Sqn RAF | 2 | near Eben-Emael, Bitsingen, Liège |  |
w/o |
| 17 August 1941 | AD756 | 106 Sqn RAF | 3 | Gembloux, Namur | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Jun-2019 09:02 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 28-Jun-2019 11:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 28-Jun-2019 12:08 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
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