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Date: | Thursday 26 March 1942 |
Time: | 22:30 |
Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 144 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | AE200 |
MSN: | PL-M |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | North Sea N of Vlieland, Friesland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF North Luffenham |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 19:00 hrs local time for Gardening – mine-laying operations.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Paul Gildner of the 5./NJG 2, who had taken off from Leeuwarden airfield.
The four crew members are missing in action:
Pilot: 11822234 Sgt David Towler - Runnymede Memorial Panel 95
Observer: 994881 Sgt Edward Frederick Penlington - Runnymede Memorial Panel 91
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1002252 Sgt John Burns - Runnymede Memorial Panel 79
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 933274 Sgt William Leopold Llewellyn Woodford - Runnymede Memorial Panel 97
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1458&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= Google Maps
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Nachtjagd War Diaries Volume 1
studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
26 August 1941 |
AE265 |
144 Sqn RAF |
0 |
Ockenburg airfield, Zuid-Holland |
|
w/o |
Gear-up landing |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
25-Mar-2017 09:53 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
20-Nov-2017 16:04 |
Red Dragon |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
17-Oct-2018 05:51 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
15-Apr-2020 18:08 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Date, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
15-Jun-2022 04:38 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |