ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52790
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| Date: | Sunday 21 June 1942 |
| Time: | 00:59 |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 420 (City of London) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | AT185 |
| MSN: | PT-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea N of Ameland, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington |
Operation - Emden, Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Helmut Lent & Feldwebel Walter Kubisch of the Stab II./NJG 2, who were flying Bf 110 F-4 R4+AC from Leeuwarden airfield.
Two of the crew are missing in action:
Pilot:R/92181 Flt Sgt George Henry Ellis RCAF -Ameland (NES) General Cemetery Plot D. Row 15. Grave 11. (Washed up on Ameland 13 July 1942)
Observer:402699 Plt Off Hilton Graham Waddell RAAF - Sage War Cemetery 5. A. 6.
Wireless operator/Air Gunner:R/78054 Flt Sgt Bernard Davis Nidelman RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 106
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1208930 Sgt Leonard George Still - Runnymede Memorial Panel 94
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1613
CWGC
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
Bomber Command Losses 1942
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 May 1942 | AT144 | 420 (City of London) Sqn RCAF | 2 | near Rostock, Mecklenburg |  |
w/o |
| 3 July 1942 | AT248 | 420 (City of London) Sqn RCAF | 3 | near Koudum, Friesland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 20-Jun-2017 07:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Jan-2018 16:47 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Jan-2018 17:15 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator] |
| 09-Oct-2018 20:07 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 01-May-2020 08:57 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2022 04:19 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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