ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 270259
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| Date: | Monday 15 December 1941 |
| Time: | 20:39 LT |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 50 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AE380 |
| MSN: | VN-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea off Ostend, West Flanders -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Skellingthorpe |
Took off at 17:57 local time for an operation against Oostende.
The aircraft was hit by the 11. & 12./III./Flak-Regiment 4 and crashed.
Later on a crew member was found at sea and brought to Oostende. It was the 20-year-old pilot Sgt. William Young from Rhodesia, dressed in leather trousers and jacket with the following items in his pocket: rubber bag, map, 1,000 French francs, 350 Belgian francs and 20 Dutch guilders as well as 16 British pounds and 10 shillings.
Sgt Ferguson, Sgt White and Sgt Armer are missing in action and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/hampden-ae380-voor-oostende
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=AE380&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 October 1941 | AE251 | 50 Sqn RAF | 0 | south of Lommel, Limburg | |
w/o |
| 24 March 1942 | AE429 | 50 Sqn RAF | 4 | Missing off Lorient |  |
mis |
| 25 March 1942 | AT158 | 50 Sqn RAF | 4 | Missing off the island of Groix, Morbihan | |
mis |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Dec-2021 10:28 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 06-Nov-2022 12:31 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 07-Nov-2022 02:06 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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