ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53221
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| Date: | Sunday 17 August 1941 |
| Time: | 01:41 LT |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 106 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AE134 |
| MSN: | ZN-W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | de Donk, Meijel, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Mission: Düsseldorf. Took off from RAF Coningsby at 22:20 hours. Shot down by a night-fighter (piloted by Oblt Wolfgang Thimmig of I./NJG1) and crashed 01:38 hours near de Donk Meijel, 16 km north east of Weert, Limburg, Netherlands. All four crew survived, were captured, and taken as POWs
Crew
Pilot: Pilot Officer Terrance Myles Robinson RAF (84938) - Survived,captured, became POW, but died in captivity 10/10/41
Navigator: Sgt. R.G. Woodwards RAF - Survived, captured, became POW
WOp/Air Gunner: Sgt. J. Harker RAF - Survived, captured, became POW
Air gunner: Sgt. H. Birtwistle RAF- Survived, captured, became POW
Pilot Officer Robinson died in captivity on 10/10/1941 and is buried at Hannover War Cemetery
Sources:
1. W.R. Chorley: Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 121.
2. http://aircrewremembered.com/watts-gordon-geoffrey.html
3. http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1941%20sec_tcm5-7282.pdf
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2100874/robinson,-terence-myles/
5. https://www.plaatsengids.nl/donk-meijel
6. https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1195&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
7. Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-May-2016 06:28 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Aug-2018 19:27 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Aug-2018 19:29 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2018 13:01 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 13-Mar-2020 17:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Source] |
| 29-Oct-2023 19:53 | Anon. | Updated [[Time, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Source]] |
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