ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53180
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| Date: | Friday 29 August 1941 |
| Time: | 03:40 |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 49 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AD971 |
| MSN: | EA-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Waddenzee off Texel, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire |
Handley Page Hampden Mk.I AD971 (EA-O) of 49 Squadron, RAF. Lost on combat operations on night of 28-29/8/1941.
Mission: Duisburg. Took off from RAF Scampton on the evening of 28/9/1941. Believed shot down over the North Sea by a night-fighter, and crashed into the Waddenzee, off Texel, West Frisian Islands, Noord Holland (at approximate Coordinates: 53°3′N 4°48′E) at 03:40 hours on the morning of 29/8/1941. All four crew were killed.
Sgt Willis is buried in Harlingen General Cemetery; the rest of the crew have been interned in cemeteries on the islands of Texel and Vlieland.
Crew
Pilot: Pilot Officer Thomas Pinckney Pratt (45376, aged 25) RAF - KIA, body recovered for burial at Den Burg
Navigator: Pilot Officer Harry Clifford Tonge (89606, aged 29 ) RAF - KIA, body recovered for burial at Vlieland
Wireless Op/Air Gunner: Sgt. Charles Hodkinson (746845, aged 29) RAF - KIA body recovered for burial at Vlieland
Air Gunner: Sgt. Arthur Charles Willis (919875, aged 22) RAF - KIA, body recovered for burial at Harlingen
Sources:
1. W.R. Chorley: Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 131.
2. http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1941%20sec_tcm5-7282.pdf
3. https://studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/28-29-08-1941-sglo-t1230-handley-page-hampden-mk-i-ad971-ea-o/
4. http://www.bomber-command.info/c49hamloss.htm
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2620039/pratt,-thomas-pinckney/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2649420/tonge,-harry-clifford/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2649400/hodkinson,-charles/
8. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2649091/willis,-arthur-charles/
9. https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1230&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 January 1942 | AT129 | 49 Sqn RAF | 4 | Bransby, Lincolnshire, England |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-May-2016 17:00 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Aug-2018 20:37 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2018 20:15 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 20-Mar-2020 21:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source] |
| 15-Jun-2022 05:29 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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