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| Date: | Friday 10 April 1942 |
| Time: | 23:19. |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 49 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AT190 |
| MSN: | EA-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bottrop-Nord, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton |
| Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen |
Hit by 1 & 3/Res Flak Abt 382, 1/schw Res Flak Abt 423 (Eisb) and 1 & 3/Res Flak Abt 134. Crashed at
Bottrop-Nord at 23:19.
Crew
Pilot: 41602 Flt Charles Marshall - PoW/Stalag 21B Szubin/Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria/PoW Number 122 (Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 10 October, 1939)
Observer: 1109752 Sgt S Woodhead - Reichswald War Cemtery Plot 19 Row B Grave 2.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 997227 Sgt F Webster - PoW/Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria/Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug/Stalag Luft 7 Bankan near Kreulberg Upper Silesia/PoW Number 187.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 903486 Sgt William Alfred Collins - Reichswald War Cemetery Plot 19 Row B Grave 1.
Sources:
49 Squadron Association
CWGC
http://www.49squadron.co.uk/personnel_index/detail/Marshall_C
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Nov-2017 21:11 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 30-Oct-2018 05:16 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 29-Apr-2019 17:37 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Location, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Apr-2020 18:08 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, ] |
| 10-Apr-2024 06:53 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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