Accident Handley Page Hampden Mk I AT194,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52974
 
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Date:Tuesday 24 February 1942
Time:21:49
Type:Handley Page Hampden Mk I
Owner/operator:144 Sqn RAF
Registration: AT194
MSN: PL-K
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:North Sea N of Terschelling, Friesland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF North Luffenham
Destination airport:
Narrative:
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld of the 5./NJG 2, who was flying from Leeuwarden airfield. Also damaged by the 7./Marine-Flak-Abteilung 246 battery Ameland.

Operation: Gardening (mine-laying operations)
Take off time: 18:20

Crew:
Pilot Sgt. K.H. Eklund 404887 RAAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 112
Observer Sgt. G.H. Anderson 402214 RAAF / buried Lemvig Cemetery in Denmark; grave 720
Wireless Operator Sgt. J.R. Dobson 950135 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 81
Air Gunner Sgt. P.A. Thomas 755868 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 95

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1423&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://www.asisbiz.com/Luftwaffe/njg2.html
Bomber Command Losses 1942

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
29 September 1939 L4127 144 Sqn RAF 4 Waddenzee near Schiermonnikoog, Friesland w/o
10 August 1940 P4368 144 Sqn RAF 4 IJsselmeer, off Kampen, Overijssel mis
7 February 1942 AD824 144 Sqn RAF 5 North Sea W of Terschelling, Friesland w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
22-Feb-2017 18:24 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
07-Nov-2017 16:50 Red Dragon Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]
17-Oct-2018 05:48 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]
05-Nov-2019 19:16 TigerTimon Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]
14-Jun-2022 23:15 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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