ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52997
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| Date: | Saturday 7 February 1942 |
| Time: | 15:02 |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 144 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AE392 |
| MSN: | PL-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea W of Terschelling, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Luffenham |
Shot down by Ofw Detlev Lüth of the 4./JG 1 (flying a Bf 109F from Leeuwarden airfield) who was guided by GCI radar station 'Tiger', when laying mines in the (German) Frisians.
5th crewmember was an additional air gunner for daylight operations.
Operation: Gardening – mine-laying operations.
Target: Nectarines (code name)
Pilot F/Lt. W.J.W. Kingston 70366 RAF Runnymede Memorial; panel 65
Observer Sgt. R.C.W.de Courcy 1255048 RAF Runnymede Memorial; panel 81
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sgt. A. Gibson 1360225 RAF / buried Sage War Cemetery in Germany; grave 11 E 4
Air Gunner Sgt. J.A. Tobin 931607 RAF Runnymede Memorial; panel 95
Beam Gunner Sgt. A. Fulton 989159 RAF Runnymede Memorial; panel 83
R.I.P.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1402&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.626-squadron.co.uk/willem27.htm
ww2.dk
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 September 1939 | L4126 | 144 Sqn RAF | 3 | Sea, Between Helgoland & Wangerooge, Frisian Islands, Lower Saxony |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Apr-2015 10:59 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Feb-2017 09:45 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Sep-2017 14:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Nov-2017 19:01 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 23-Dec-2017 19:40 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport] |
| 06-Jan-2018 13:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Oct-2018 05:44 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 02-Nov-2019 15:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Jun-2022 23:22 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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