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| Date: | Saturday 16 May 1942 |
| Time: | 02:00 approx |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 408 (Goose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | AT224 |
| MSN: | EQ-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | sea southwest of Samsø island, Midtjylland -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Balderton - takeoff at 22:19 hrs |
| operation - Gardening (mine-laying) - Pumkin (Samsø Belt) |
Returning from the Pumpkin area (Samso Belt) the aircraft was hit by flak from the German mine sweeper 190J which laid anchored 2 miles west of Vesborg lighthouse and exploded in the air at approx. 02:00 killing all onboard.
Crew
Pilot: R/67803 Flt Sgt Raymond James Dillon RCAF - Kirke Vaerlose Churchyard.
Observer:R/70723 Flt Sgt Raymond Wesley Dreyer RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 103.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1105931 Sgt William Dudley Palmer – Tranebjaerg Churchyard.
Air Gunner:104331 Plt Off Cyril Cresswell - Runnymede Memorial Panel 68. (NCO:1062747, Gazette of 30th September 1941)
Sources:
http://www.flensted.eu.com/194221.shtml
CWGC
408 (Goose) Squadron Royal Canadian Air Force Association.
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=da&u=http://www.airmen.dk/all-HAM.htm&prev=search
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Dec-2017 14:34 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 06-Oct-2018 18:05 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 02-Oct-2021 14:45 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 06-May-2022 12:07 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, ] |
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