ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53030
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| Date: | Sunday 28 December 1941 |
| Time: | 23:11 |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 144 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AD804 |
| MSN: | PL-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Pinnedijk road, Gaanderen, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Luffenham, Rutland |
| RAF North Luffenham |
Mission: Hüls, Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Took off from North Luffenham on the evening of 28/12/1941.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was damaged by night fighter pilot Leutnant Kurt Loos of the 2./NJG 1 based at Venlo airfield; crash-landed at 23:11 hours the same evening in field at Gaanderen near Doetinchem, Gelderland, the Netherlands (at approximate co ordinates: 51°58′N 6°18′E).
Of the crew of four, one was killed, and the other three survived, captured, and were taken prisoner of war:
Pilot: Sgt T E Barnett (survived, captured, became POW)
Navigator: Sgt T S Jones (survived, captured, became POW)
Wireless Op/Air Gunner: 1162808 Sgt William Ronald Cheesman (aged 20, KIA)
Air Gunner: Sgt W Gilby (survived, captured, became POW)
Sgt. Cheesman is buried at Buried at Doetinchem (Loolaan) General Cemetery, Gelderland, Netherlands
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 196.
2. Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
3. https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1367&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2647882/cheesman,-william-rowland/
5. http://www.bomber-command.info/c144hamloss.htm
6. Photo of wreckage on truck: https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hampden/9270-Hampden9270.html
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doetinchem
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 16-May-2016 19:37 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Dec-2017 13:39 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 06-Aug-2018 17:43 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Aug-2018 17:48 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 06-Aug-2018 17:59 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 17-Oct-2018 05:45 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 13-Apr-2020 18:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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