ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236211
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Date: | Friday 28 August 1942 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 408 (Goose) Sqn RCAF |
Registration: | P1244 |
MSN: | EQ-Y |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Istha, Wolfhagen, Hessen -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Balderton, Nottinghamshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 20:05 hrs local time for an operation to Kassel in Hessen.
The aircraft was hit by Flak, crashed and exploded on impact.
The four crew members rest in the Hannover War Cemetery in Niedersachsen.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=P1244 Google Maps
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
19-May-2020 12:08 |
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