Accident Handley Page Hampden Mk I AT235,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52730
 
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Date:Thursday 2 July 1942
Time:night
Type:Handley Page Hampden Mk I
Owner/operator:415 (Swordfish) Sqn RCAF
Registration: AT235
MSN: GX-P
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Aircraft missing
Location:North Sea off Friesland -   Netherlands
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF North Coates
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 23:17 hrs for a Rover patrol off the Dutch coast.
Rover - Coastal Command armed patrol for opportunity attacking of shipping.
The aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances, two of the crew are missing in action:

Pilot F/O. G.G.O. James J/4107 RCAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 99
Observer F/Sgt. A.K. Farnie R/86310 RAF / Sage War Cemetery in Germany; grave 13 C 4
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner F/Sgt. G.A. Pearce R/70960 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 106
Air Gunner F/Sgt. T. Gibbons R/79804 RAF / Sage War Cemetery in Germany; grave 5 A 3

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1666&date=&location=&pn
=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17478657

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
01-Jul-2017 17:48 TigerTimon Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
01-Jul-2017 17:48 TigerTimon Updated [Time]
01-Jul-2017 17:48 TigerTimon Updated [Aircraft type]
01-Jul-2017 17:49 TigerTimon Updated [Damage]
14-Oct-2018 06:57 stehlik49 Updated [Operator, Destination airport]
05-May-2020 13:22 TigerTimon Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative]
15-Feb-2022 07:09 redsix1 Updated [Source]
21-Jun-2022 10:51 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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