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| Date: | Sunday 16 August 1942 |
| Time: | 05:05 claim |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 408 (Goose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | AE432 |
| MSN: | EQ-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea - |
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Balderton, Nottinghamshire |
Takeoff at 00:15 hrs local time for an operation to Düsseldorf in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Dr. Horst Patuschka of the 7./NJG 2, who was flying a Ju 88 C-6 from Gilze-Rijen airfield in the Netherlands - (claim) 'Manchester' sea 50 km west of the Westerschelde mouth (prob. Hamster) at 05:05 hrs.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant John Sommerville Cardell RCAF C/1613 [Killed]
Sergeant Harry Leonard Jewell RAFVR 1256528 [Killed]
Sergeant Edwin Mitchell RAFVR 1282079 [Killed]
Pilot Officer George Lawson Staniar RAFVR 121573 (NCO:1434597 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 17 November, 1942) [Killed]
All are remembered at the Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom (51.437693 / -0.564745)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=AE432
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-May-2020 18:23 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 12-Apr-2025 06:44 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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