ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 235008
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| Date: | Saturday 8 November 1941 |
| Time: | 21:07 LT |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 49 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P1206 |
| MSN: | EA-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Westeinde, Berkhout, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 17:14 hrs local time for an intruder (searchlight-suppression) operation to Bocholt in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Siegfried Ney of the 5./NJG 2, who had taken off from Bergen airfield.
The four crew members rest at Bergen (Noord-Holland) cemetery:
Pilot W/O. C.A. Saunders DFM 562617 RAF / grave 1 E 27
Navigator P/O. J.M. D'Arcy 1288762 RAF / grave 1 E 28
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sgt. J.E. Kehoe 551389 RAF / grave 1 EE 1 / buried at Bergen May 2008
Air Gunner Sgt. S.G. Mullenger 1251152 RAF / grave 1 EE 2 / buried at Bergen May 2008
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1330&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
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| 22 April 1940 | P1175 | 49 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire |  |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Apr-2020 05:11 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 13-Apr-2020 05:11 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 13-Apr-2020 07:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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