ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52953
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| Date: | Thursday 26 March 1942 |
| Time: | 00:33 |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 50 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AT151 |
| MSN: | VN-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea N of Vlieland, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 19:40 hrs local time for an operation to Essen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Ludwig Becker of the 6./NJG 2, who had taken off from Leeuwarden airfield.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Howard Phillips Roblin RAFVR 66029 (NCO:973638 : Commission Gazetted Friday 06 June, 1941) [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant Eric Alexander Gordon Lumsden RAFVR 1282788 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Joseph Davidson Beattie RAFVR 987379 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Robert Dudley Howarth RAFVR 546918 [Killed]
All are remembered on the Runnymede Memorial
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1449&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
https://www.asisbiz.com/Luftwaffe/njg2.html
CWGC
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 April 1940 | L4064 | 50 Sqn RAF | 4 | North Sea, 120 miles East of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland |  |
w/o |
| 23 May 1940 | L4055 | 83 Sqn RAF | 4 | near Cliff Road, Black Hill, 4 miles South of Holmfirth, West Yorkshir | |
w/o |
| 15 August 1941 | P4408 | 50 Sqn RAF | 4 | North Sea off East Frisian Islands, Lower Saxony |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Mar-2017 09:50 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Nov-2017 19:12 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2018 20:50 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 14-Apr-2020 14:16 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2022 04:38 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 25-Mar-2024 19:05 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Mar-2024 19:05 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source] |
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