ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 200791
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| Date: | Wednesday 21 January 1942 |
| Time: | 20:59 LT |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 455 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | AE352 |
| MSN: | UB-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | SE of Delfzijl, Groningen prv -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire |
| Emden |
Handley Page Hampden Mk.I AE352; issued 27/12/1941 To 455 Squadron, RAAF, as RAF Swinderby, Coded UB-R. Took off from RAF Swinderby at 17:20 LT to bomb harbour installations at Emden. Hit by Flak of 2/Marine Flak Abt 236 Battery Delfzijl. Crashed in Ems Estuary South East of Delfzijl at 20:59. No trace of the missing aircraft or crew could be found following post war searches and enquiries and the crew are listed as missing. All the crew are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Crew
Pilot: 404367 Sgt Evan Hamilton Thompson RAAF (aged 23)
Navigator: 404275 Sgt James Ernest Field Stanfield RAAF (aged 20)
WOp/Air Gunner: 1186108 Sgt Wilfrd Giles (aged 37)
Air Gunner: 988987 Sgt W E Mabbett aged 19)
Sources:
1. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/hampden.htm
2. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1808708/thompson,-evan-hamilton/
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1807822/stanfield,-james-ernest-field/
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1270819/giles,-wilfred/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1079084/mabbett,-william-ernest/
6. Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 November 1941 | P1272 | 455 Sqn RAAF | 4 | Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg (near) |  |
w/o |
| 11 March 1942 | AT192 | 455 Sqn RAAF | 4 | Missing | |
mis |
| 11 January 1943 | AN166 | 455 Sqn RAAF | 1 | RAF Leuchars, Fife, Scotland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Nov-2017 13:04 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 23-Dec-2017 17:40 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 13-Jul-2018 19:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2018 13:00 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 10-Apr-2019 15:34 | Anon. | Updated [Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2019 11:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source] |
| 14-Jun-2022 08:30 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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