ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53113
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| Date: | Saturday 11 October 1941 |
| Time: | 05:00 LT |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AD911 |
| MSN: | OL-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Waddenzee off Harlingen, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire |
Handley Page Hampden Mk.I AD911 (OL-M) of 83 Sqaudron, RAF. Lost on combat operations on night of 10-11/10/1941. Mission: Essen. Took off from RAF Scampton at 23:05 hours on 10/10/1941.
The aircraft was hit by the combined fire of Flak and night fighter pilot Feldwebel Siegfried Ney of the 4./NJG 1, who had taken off from Leeuwarden airfield; crashed in the Waddenzee off Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands at 05:00 hours local time next morning (11/11/1941) at approximate co ordinates: 53°11′N 5°25′E. Of the crew of four, three survived, captured, and were taken as POW, and one was killed:
Pilot: Sgt. D.C. Hedley RAF - Survived, captured, taken as POW
Observer: Sgt. G. Mitchell RAF - Survived, captured, taken as POW
Wireless Op/Air gunner: Sgt. William Albert Brooks (925823) - KIA, body recovered for burial at Den Burg, Texel
Air gunner: Sgt. E.W.E. Gough RAF - Survived,captured, taken as POW
Sgt Brooks is buried in Den Burg General Cemetery on the island of Texel.
Sources:
1. W.R. Chorley: Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 157.
2. Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
3. https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1287&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2619977/brooks,-william-albert/
5. http://www.bomber-command.info/c83hamloss.htm
6. https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hampden/23850-AD9111941-10-11.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 November 1940 | L4051 | 83 Sqn RAF | 4 | Berlin |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-May-2016 16:53 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Aug-2018 22:59 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Aug-2018 23:01 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2018 12:12 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 06-Feb-2019 20:57 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Apr-2020 18:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Jun-2022 21:33 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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