ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52697
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| Date: | Wednesday 22 July 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 408 (Goose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | AT139 |
| MSN: | EQ-A Bar |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Waddenzee E of Den Helder, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Balderton |
Takeoff at 23:41 hrs for an operation to Duisburg in Germany.
The aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances. The observer is missing in action:
Pilot:R/84099 Flt Sgt Robert Wishart RCAF - Harlingen General Cemetery Plot E. Row 3. Grave 6.
Observer:R/81079 Sgt Robert Spencer Doherty RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 103
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:R/67907 Flt Sgt John Beverly Pleasence - RCAF - Harlingen General Cemetery Plot E Row 3 Grave 8 (Washed up 1 km s of Zurich)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:104333 Plt Off Thomas Reginald Ashton - Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery 31 A 4 (Washed up Afsluitdijk pole 18.5 at 30 July 42) (NCO:1282891 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 30 September, 1941)
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1698
CWGC
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Jul-2017 09:45 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 17-Feb-2018 19:41 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Oct-2018 18:07 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Phase, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 08-Jun-2019 19:52 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 07-May-2020 18:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 17-Jun-2022 11:21 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 21-Jul-2023 08:04 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Location]] |
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