ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52976
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| Date: | Wednesday 18 February 1942 |
| Time: | 22:15 approx |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 420 (Snowy Owl) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | AD915 |
| MSN: | PT-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Beach on Schiermonnikoog, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington |
Takeoff at 18:16 LT for a Gardening (mine-laying) operation to the Dutch Frisian islands.
The aircraft was engaged by Flak of the Marine-Flak-Abteilung 246, the batteries of West-Vlieland (21:45 hrs) and Oost-Terschelling (22:05 hrs), respectively. The pilot crash-landed the Hampden on Schiermonnikoog beach at around 22:15 hrs.
An exhausted pigeon was found by a Army Signaller at Spurn Head.The message attached read "SOS AD915 F Time dispatched 21/2/42 10am Oosterbierum Friesland Netherland 0Z0".
Crew
Pilot Plt Off Robert Kee RAF/89604 POW Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria PoW Number 35 (NCO:914183 Commission Gazetted : Thursday 23 January, 1941)
Navigator Sgt William Henry John Rutledge RAF/1192007 POW Luft 344 Lamsdorf PoW Number 24796
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sgt Horace Baker RAFVR/1169503 Schiermonnikoog (Vredenhof) Cemetery
Air Gunner Sgt James Richard Branston Adams RAFVR/932367 Schiermonnikoog (Vredenhof) Cemetery
Sources:
http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1942%20sec_tcm5-7283.pdf
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1421&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
RAF Prisoners of War
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
SGLO Bulletin 411-03 page 23
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 17-Feb-2017 08:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2017 14:10 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2018 20:01 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 04-Nov-2019 20:07 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 27-Apr-2021 08:29 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
| 27-Apr-2021 08:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
| 15-Jun-2022 00:40 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 15-Jun-2022 00:49 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 18-Feb-2024 08:01 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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