ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236244
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| Date: | Friday 28 August 1942 |
| Time: | 23:22 LT |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 408 (Goose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | AE197 |
| MSN: | EQ-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Boussu-lez-Walcourt, Froidchapelle, Hainaut -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Balderton, Nottinghamshire |
Takeoff at 19:54 hrs local time for an operation to Saarbrücken in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Wilhelm Herget of the Stab II./NJG 4, who was flying a Bf 110 in GCI-box 7B.
Wing Commander John D. Twigg, the squadron commander, was killed in his fourteenth operation and rests in the Gosselies communal cemetery. On board was also F/Lt Ian Maitland DFC, the tail gunner and also 'Gunnery Leader' of the squadron. In all probability Herget's salvos were fatal to him. He is buried at Boussu-lez-Walcourt.
The two survivors managed to evade capture.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/hampden-bij-boussu-lez-walcourt
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=AE197
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-May-2020 11:58 | TigerTimon | Added |
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