Date:	Monday 14 September 1942
Time:	03:08 LT
Type:	Handley Page Hampden Mk I
Owner/operator:	14 OTU RAF
Registration:	L4109
MSN:	GL-S
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Molenwijk, Stadskanaal, Groningen prv -   Netherlands
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Cottesmore
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Takeoff at 23:54 hrs local time for an operation to Bremen in Germany.
The aircraft was attacked by night fighter pilot Major Karl Theodor Hülshoff of the Stab/NJG 2 (who was flying a Ju 88 C-6) and engaged by Luftwaffe & Marine Flak.
They were the last Hampden crew casualties on bombing operations over Germany.

Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Roman Grabek RCAF R/105796 [Killed] Stadskanaal cemetery; grave 1 K 2
Observer : Sergeant George Edward Cragg Coldron RCAF R/106892 [Killed] Stadskanaal cemetery; grave 1 K 3
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Roland Carlson RCAF R/106007 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Thomas Francis Needham RCAF R/87182 [PoW]

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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
14-Mar-2008 11:31	JINX	Added
25-Jun-2008 06:29	JINX	Updated
08-Jul-2013 14:25	JINX	Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ]
13-Sep-2017 06:17	TigerTimon	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
27-May-2020 13:57	TigerTimon	Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
12-Jun-2022 02:49	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, ]
14-Jun-2022 08:39	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, ]
06-Dec-2024 16:19	Rob Davis	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]