ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52835
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| Date: | Wednesday 3 June 1942 |
| Time: | 01:06 |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 408 (Goose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | AT154 |
| MSN: | EQ-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | IJsselmeer E of Medemblik, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Balderton |
Takeoff at 23:26 hrs for an operation to Essen in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Helmut Lent & Feldwebel Walter Kubisch of the Stab II./NJG 2, who were flying Lichtenstein-equipped Bf 110 R4+AC from Leeuwarden airfield - IJsselmeer east of Medemblik at 01:06 hrs.
None of the crew survived:
Pilot:J/7076 Plt Off Kenneth Henry Taylor RCAF - Medemblik General Cemetery Grave 248. / washed up near Medemblik on the 14th of June
Observer:106565 Fg Off Peter Leslie Edwards - Runnymede Memorial Panel 66
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:R/80200 Sgt Orville Wilbert McKenzie RCAF - Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery Plot 85. Row A. Grave 14.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1325076 Sgt Ewart Gladstone Ronson - Lemsterland (Lemmer) General Cemetery Plot C. Row 9. Grave 251. / washed up near Oudemirdum (Friesland) on the 17th of July
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1565&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
CWGC
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 December 1941 | P1165 | 408 (Goose) Sqn RCAF | 3 | Bumerweg - Steengroeveweg, Winterswijk, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 27 March 1942 | L4140 | 408 (Goose) Sqn RCAF | 4 | North Sea N of Terschelling, Friesland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Jun-2017 08:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Jan-2018 17:17 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Oct-2018 18:05 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 24-Apr-2020 15:16 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Apr-2020 15:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2022 19:27 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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