ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53329
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| Date: | Saturday 5 July 1941 |
| Time: | 01:15 LT |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 106 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AD914 |
| MSN: | ZN-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Heeze, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Handley Page Hampden Mk.I AD914 (ZN-F) of 106 Squadron, RAF. Lost on combat operations on night of 4-5/7/1941. Target: Dortmund. Took off from RAF Coningsby at 23:00 hours on the evening of 3/7/1941. Over the Netherlands, coned by searchlights and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinrich Griese of the 1./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield. Crashed near Heeze, Noord Brabant (at approximate Coordinates: 51°22′57″N 5°34′6″E) in the southern outskirts of Oss, Netherlands about nine km southeast of Eindhoven. at 01:15 LT on the morning of 3/7/1941. All four crew killed.
Crew
Pilot: Flight Sgt. Norman Edward Bowering RAF Mid (754579, aged 26) - KIA
Co-Pilot: Flight Sgt. Ronald Stanley Bagnall Royal Aux AF (805437, aged 21) - KIA
WOp/Air Gunner: Sgt. William Hamilton Lapsey RAF Mid (551820, aged 20) - KIA
Air Gunner: Sgt. Ian Leslie Toynton Reis RAF (1250438, aged 29) - KIA
All are buried in Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery, Eindhoven, Noord Brabant, Netherlands
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 83.
2. http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1941%20sec_tcm5-7282.pdf
3. https://studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/04-05-07-1941-sglo-t1081-handley-page-hampden-mk-i-ad914-zn/
4. https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hampden/22368-AD9141941-07-05.html
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2617649/bowering,-norman-edward/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2617618/bagnall,-ronald-stanley/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2617953/lapsley,-william-hamilton/
8. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2618094/reis,-ian-leslie-toynton/
9. Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
10. Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 December 1941 | AE151 | 106 Sqn RAF | 1 | Oosteinde Schoonebeek, Drenthe | |
w/o |
| 22 January 1942 | AT146 | 106 Sqn RAF | 4 | North Sea off Friesland | |
mis |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Apr-2016 18:46 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Jul-2018 20:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2018 12:58 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 02-Jul-2019 08:36 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date] |
| 03-Jul-2019 13:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jul-2019 09:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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