Date:	Monday 1 September 1941
Time:	02:00 LT
Type:	Handley Page Hampden Mk I
Owner/operator:	83 Sqn RAF
Registration:	AE187
MSN:	OL-L
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Meerselsepeel, Ysselsteyn, Limburg -   Netherlands
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:	RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire

Narrative:
Handley Page Hampden Mk.I AE187 (OL-L) of 83 Sqaudron, RAF. Lost on combat operations on 1/9/1941. Mission: Koln. Took off from RAF Scampton at 20:15 hours on 1/9/1941. The aircraft was coned by two searchlights for 6 minutes & intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Heinz Pähler of the 2./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield. It crashed at the approximate coordinates: 51°28′N 5°48′E. All four crew were killed. All are buried in Woensel General Cemetery at Eindhoven.

Crew
Pilot: Flight Sgt. Ralph Cuthbert Plaistowe RAF (905166, aged 30)
Navigator: Sgt. Adrian John Sommerville-Woodiwis RAF (927551)
Wireless Op/Air Gunner: Sgt. James Hughes RAF (1153798)
Air gunner: Sgt. Robert Buist Scott (995063, aged 26)

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5. http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/hampden-i-ae187-83sq-ol-l.40782/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2618075/plaistowe,-ralph-cuthbert/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2618147/somerville-woodiwis,-adrian-john/
8. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2617909/hughes,-james/
9. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2618122/scott,-robert-buist/
10. http://hdvds9.com/video/file/CWGC-Eindhoven-Woensel.-War-Graves?id=kRElHMLYcrU
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14. Google Maps

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-Dec-2008 11:45	ASN archive	Added
07-May-2016 17:52	Red Dragon	Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
01-Aug-2018 23:18	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
01-Aug-2018 23:19	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
11-Nov-2018 12:11	Nepa	Updated [Time, Operator, Operator]
23-Mar-2020 20:56	TigerTimon	Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]