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| Date: | Saturday 8 November 1941 |
| Time: | 21:45 LT |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 408 (Goose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | AE433 |
| MSN: | EQ-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rinkesfort, Maasbree, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire |
Takeoff at 17:19 hrs local time for an operation to Essen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was coned by searchlights and shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Dimter & Gefreiter Hübner of the Stab I./NJG 1, who had taken off from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield in Belgium.
Crew PoW: P: Plt Off E L Houghton RNZAF NZ402187 O: Plt Off JC Monkhouse RCAF J/4705 AG: Sgt A J Gallan RAFVR AG: Sgt J E Woodward RAFVR
The four crew members were taken prisoner of war.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1329&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Apr-2020 05:43 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 06-Jul-2025 07:13 | Antonio | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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