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| Date: | Thursday 3 July 1941 |
| Time: | 01:16 LT |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 106 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AD862 |
| MSN: | ZN- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Eben-Emael, Bitsingen, Liège -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 23:10 hrs for an operation to marshalling yards at Duisburg, Germany.
Coned by searchlights and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Reinhold Knacke of the 2./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield, the Netherlands.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=AD862
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/hampden-ad862-bij-eben-emael
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Jul-2019 08:22 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 04-Jul-2019 06:39 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 30-Jun-2022 03:02 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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