ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 157463
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| Date: | Thursday 12 February 1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 455 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | P1156 |
| MSN: | UB-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea, Off Dutch Coast -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wigsley, Nottinghamshire |
| RAF Wigsley |
Handley Page Hampden Mk.I P1156 (UB-F) of 455 Squadron, RAAF. Lost on combat operations 12/2/1942 during "Operation Fuller" - Channel Dash. Lost at sea with out trace off the coast of the Netherlands while carrying out a daytime attack on the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. No trace of the aircraft or its crew of four was ever found.
Crew:
Pilot: 84646 Flight Lieutenant Walter Edwin Perrin RAAF (aged 33) (Commission Gazetted : Friday 04 October, 1940)
Navigator: NZ404522 Pilot Officer Alexander Richard Abbott RNZAF (aged 23)
WOp/Air Gunner: 1253789 Sergeant Ralph Edward Tomlinson
Air Gunner: 84907 Flying Officer Edward Graham de Twenebroke Symons (aged 34) (Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 08 October, 1940)
All the crew are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Flt Lt Perrin was an Australian serving in the RAF.
Sources:
1. Air-Britain: Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000-R9999
2. Bomber Command Losses 1942
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1804210/perrin,-walter-edwin/
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1082501/abbott,-alexander-richard/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1808910/tomlinson,-ralph-edward/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1808337/symons,-edward-graham-de-twenebroke/
7. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/hampden.htm
8. https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hampden/18435-P11561942-02-11.html
9. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Jul-2013 05:10 | JINX | Added |
| 07-Dec-2014 06:29 | Fuxs | Updated [Operator] |
| 05-Nov-2017 14:42 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 16-Jul-2018 15:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2018 13:01 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 12-Feb-2024 07:58 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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