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| Date: | Tuesday 14 October 1941 |
| Time: | 05:00 LT |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 44 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AD975 |
| MSN: | KM-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Neerstraat, Waasmunster, East Flanders -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 01:20 hrs for an operation to Köln in Germany.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Röderer & Feldwebel Czybulka of the 4./NJG 1 (detached to Stab I./NJG 1), who were flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=AD975
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/hampden-te-waasmunster
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Apr-2020 19:54 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 07-Apr-2020 19:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Jun-2022 21:25 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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