ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52985
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| Date: | Thursday 12 February 1942 |
| Time: | 17:39 |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 49 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P5324 |
| MSN: | EA-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea near Hoek van Holland, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton |
Operation Fuller. Shot down by Oblt Eberhard Bock of the 6./JG 1 (flying a Bf 109F from Haamstede airfield) during attack on Gneisenau and Scharnhorst.
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. T.K. Downes 1193593 RAF / Den Haag cemetery; grave 1 16 / Found at Scheveningen beach on 13 February 1942.
Observer Sgt. T.H.F. Wood 940886 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 97
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sgt. B. Hunter 1069042 RAF / Hoek van Holland cemetery; grave F 22
Air Gunner Sgt. D.G.F. Poxon 1375793 RAF / Den Haag cemetery; grave 1 15 / Found at Scheveningen beach on 13 February 1942.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1408&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Jinx data base, collated & most probable details added from various sources.
Bomber Command Losses 1942
CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 20-Nov-2011 01:29 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Jan-2016 19:59 | Jixn | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 11-Feb-2017 19:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Nov-2017 21:07 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Jan-2018 21:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2018 05:07 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 04-Nov-2019 18:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Narrative] |
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