ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 275123
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Date: | Monday 3 March 1941 |
Time: | |
Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 106 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | X3002 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Near Ardres, Antwerp -
Belgium
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Hampden X3002: Took off 20:10hrs from RAF Coningsby for night mission. 03/03/1941
Lost during a Bomber Command operation targeted at Cologne on the night of 3rd/4th March. Believed shot down by flak
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Kenneth Good RAFVR 758181 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Albert John Wallace Ward RAFVR 754591 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant David Arthur Donald Crouch RAFVR 755399 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Victor Thomas Essex RAFVR 755112 [Killed]
Sources:
https://www.memorialflightclub.com/blog/raf-coningsby-80-years-ago-month Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
04-Feb-2022 07:10 |
someguy |
Added |
09-Feb-2022 19:57 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
30-Jun-2022 02:56 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
03-Mar-2024 07:26 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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