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| Date: | Friday 27 March 1942 |
| Time: | 22:10 |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 408 (Goose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | L4140 |
| MSN: | EQ-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea N of Terschelling, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Balderton |
Takeoff at 19:19 hrs local time for Gardening – mine-laying operations - Yams Area.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Helmut Lent of the Stab II./NJG 2, who had taken off from Leeuwarden airfield, in Bf 110 R4+EC.
All four crew members are missing in action:
Pilot: NZ402237 Plt Off Gordon Findlay Beaver RNZAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 115.
R/69027 Flt Sgt George Percy McLean RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 105
633360 Sgt Samuel Frederick Bentley - Runnymede Memorial Panel 78.
752963 Sgt Robert Noel Beale - Runnymede Memorial Panel 78.
Sources:
CWGC
Air-Britain: Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1460
https://www.asisbiz.com/Luftwaffe/njg2.html
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Mar-2008 13:40 | JINX | Added |
| 20-Jan-2012 12:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Jun-2013 17:30 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Jul-2013 14:23 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Oct-2013 12:46 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Jan-2015 00:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Country, ] |
| 25-Mar-2017 10:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Nov-2017 15:47 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Oct-2018 17:58 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 16-Apr-2020 07:49 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Apr-2020 07:52 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 14-Jun-2022 23:12 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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