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| Date: | Thursday 10 July 1941 |
| Time: | 01:05 LT |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 144 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AD924 |
| MSN: | PL-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Borreshoefstraat road, Dilsen-Stokkem, Limburg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire |
Mission - Aachen, Germany.
Coned by searchlights and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinrich Griese of the 1./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=AD924
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/hampden-ad924-bij-dilsen
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jul-2019 12:33 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 08-Jul-2019 14:31 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, ] |
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