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| Date: | Saturday 29 August 1942 |
| Time: | 01:52 LT |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 408 (Goose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | AT228 |
| MSN: | EQ-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Liesse-Notre-Dame, Aisne département -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Balderton, Nottinghamshire |
Takeoff at 20:09 hrs local time for an operation to Saarbrücken in Germany. Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by a night fighter crewed by Oberleutnant Fladrich & Leutnant Peters of the Stab III./NJG 4, who were flying a Bf 110 from Laon-Athies airfield. There was no escape for the crew, the aircraft plunged down vertically. All four rest in the Liesse-Notre-Dame cemetery.
Crew:
Pilot: Flying Officer Leon George Lyons (405315) RAAF
Observer: Pilot Officer Keith Thomas Pellett (J/9759) RCAF
Wireless Op/Air Gunner: Flight Sergeant Christopher Norman Chalken (R/78950) RCAF
Wireless Op/Air Gunner: Sergeant Malcolm Stanley Brighouse (405388) RAAF
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=814
Google Maps
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2689482
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2689449
https://aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=at228&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
https://aviationmuseumwa.org.au/afcraaf-roll/brighouse-malcolm-stanley-405388/
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=AT228
https://aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=at228&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
https://aviationmuseumwa.org.au/afcraaf-roll/lyons-leon-george-405315/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-May-2020 14:24 | TigerTimon | Added |
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