ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53444
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| Date: | Tuesday 11 February 1941 |
| Time: | 03:56 LT |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 49 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3001 |
| MSN: | EA-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Pieter Zeemanweg, Zuid-Scharwoude, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire |
Handley Page Hampden Mk.I X3001 (EA-H) of 49 Squadron, RAF. Took off from RAF Scampton at 22:48 hours on 10/2/1941. (Target: Hannover, Germany). Shot down by a Bf 110 night fighter (Lt Leopold Fellerer of 5./NJG1) and crashed at 03:50 hours on Pieter Zeemanweg, Zuid-Scharwoude, some 10 km north of Alkmaar (Noord-Holland) at approximate co ordinates: 52°41′N 4°49′E). Of the crew of four, one was killed and three were captured and taken as PoWs.
Crew:
Pilot: F/Lt. J.H. Green DFC (Service Number 42748) RAF - Survived, captured, taken as POW
Observer: Sgt. D.A. Cruickshank (Service Number 749336, aged 21) RAF - KIA, buried at Alkmaar
WOp/Air Gunner: Warrant Officer H.E. Fisher (Service Number 755851)RAF - Survived, captured, taken as POW
Air Gunner: Warrant Officer A.L. Bryceson (Service Number 747857) RAF - Survived, captured, taken as POW
Sgt David Alexander Cuickshank was buried at Alkmaar General Cemetery, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland
Sources:
1. Royal Air force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941.
2. https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=X3001&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
3. https://studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/10-11-02-1941-sglo-t0944-handley-page-hampden-mk-i-x3001-ea-h/
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2620085/cruickshank,-david-alexander/
5. https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hampden/25929-X30011941-02-11.html
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuid-Scharwoude
7. Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 September 1940 | P2134 | 49 Sqn RAF | 3 | Haigh, Near Wakefield, West Yorkshire |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Mar-2016 20:34 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Mar-2016 19:10 | Giggs | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport] |
| 11-Dec-2017 13:40 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 23-Jul-2018 21:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Jul-2018 21:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2018 20:15 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 07-Feb-2019 17:14 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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