ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 201209
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| Date: | Saturday 10 January 1942 |
| Time: | 20:58 LT |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 408 (Goose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | AE286 |
| MSN: | EQ-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | sea near Wangerooge island, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Balderton, Nottinghamshire |
Took off from RAF Balderton at 16:37 hrs local time. Target - Wilhelmshaven.
The aircraft was hit by Langeoog-based Marine Flak and 3./leichte Reserve-Flak-Abteilung 872 (Einsatz Wangerooge) between 20:53 and 20:55 hrs, crashed in sea at 20:58 hrs.
Crew:-
88037: Flight Lieutenant Thomas Findlay Priest RAFVR (pilot, aged 26) - KIAS, body not recovered (NCO:901036 Commission Gazetted : Friday 20 December, 1940)
R/59371: Flight Sergeant Donald Louden Henderson RCAF (Observer) - KIAS body not recovered
1260085: Sergeant Gordon Arthur Glanville (Wireless Op/Air Gunner) - KIAS body not recovered
1172507: Sergeant Leslie Alexander Churcher (Air Gunner) - KIAS body not recovered
As no trace of the aircraft or any of the crew were ever found, all the crew are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
1. https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hampden/19560-AE2861942-01-11.html
2. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1804682/priest,-thomas-findlay/
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1799907/henderson,-donald-louden/
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1798404/glanville,-gordon-arthur/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1084429/churcher,-leslie-alexander/
6. http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1804682
7. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15254903/donald-louden-henderson
8. http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1799907
9. http://www.forfreedom.ca/?page_id=1728
10. Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two by Theo Boiten
11. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Nov-2017 18:32 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 25-Dec-2017 08:49 | XindelX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 10-Jul-2018 23:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Country, Departure airport] |
| 08-Aug-2018 17:48 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Oct-2018 17:56 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 29-Dec-2021 12:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Dec-2021 12:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 10-Jan-2024 07:53 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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