ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53009
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| Date: | Wednesday 21 January 1942 |
| Time: | 21:21 LT |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 106 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AE123 |
| MSN: | ZN-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | IJssel river near Spoolde, Zwolle, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Took off from RAF Coningsby at 17:15 hours for Bremen. The aircraft was flying home with engine trouble when it was reportedly hit by either Flak or a night fighter near Meppen before being finished off by a Bf 110. At 21:03 hours, the aircraft was damaged by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Rudolf Frank of the 1./NJG 3, who was flying Messerschmitt Bf 110 E-2 D5+EH from Vechta airfield (Germany), and crashed at 21:21 hours on the bank of the Ijssel near Spoolde, 2 km west of Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands. Of the crew of four, one was killed in action (KIA), and the other three were captured and became POWs.
Call Sign: ZN-D
Crew:
Pilot:Sgt. Aubrey Wilfred Deere RAF (1166185, aged 21) - KIA body recovered for burial
Observer: Sgt V V Cooper - captured, became PoW; to Camp 7A Moosburg (Isar) as PoW Number 90154
Wireless Op/Air Gunner: Sgt T G W Berry - captured, became PoW; to Camp 7A Moosburg (Isar) as PoW Number 90121
Air gunner: Sgt B J P Palmer - captured, became PoW; to Camp 7A Moosburg (Isar) as PoW Number 90126
Pilot, Sgt A.W. Deere was buried at Zwollerkerspel Voorst Cemetery, Zwolle Netherlands. A monument on the Pilotenlaan was unveiled on April 14, 1992 and is located in Schellerbroek, where a number of streets are named after allied pilots who were killed in the Second World War over Zwolle and the surrounding area. The monument was adopted in 1992 by primary school De Octopus. The monument consists of a stainless steel plate, folded in inverted V-shape, on which the broken propeller of the crashed Handley-Page-Hampden ZN-D/AE123 was attached.
Sources:
1. Chorley W.R. Bomber Command Losses 1942 page 23
2. RAF Prisoners of War.
3. Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
4. https://studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/21-22-01-1942-sglo-t1388-handley-page-hampden-mk-i-ae123-zn-d/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2820763/deere,-aubrey-wilfred/
6. https://deswollenaer.nl/algemeen/scholieren-herdenken-bevrijding-van-zwolle/reacties
7. https://www.weblogzwolle.nl/nieuws/2422/bevrijding-zwolle-herdacht-door-basisscholen.html
8. https://www.nuoverijssel.nl/herdenkingsplechtigheid-bij-oorlogsmonument-pilotenlaan-en-ter-pelkwijkpark-donderdag-13-april
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 September 1940 | P1256 | 106 Sqn RAF | 2 | Misson, 3 miles east of RAF Finningley, South Yorkshire |  |
w/o |
| 6 August 1941 | AE120 | 106 Sqn RAF | 4 | Corner of Luimesweg & Den Dam, Breedenbroek, Gelderland | |
w/o |
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Oct-2017 07:31 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Dec-2017 23:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Aug-2018 12:44 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2018 13:09 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 02-Nov-2019 10:44 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 16-Jun-2022 07:52 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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