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| Date: | Thursday 2 July 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 415 (Swordfish) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | AT235 |
| MSN: | GX-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea off Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Coates |
Takeoff at 23:17 hrs for a Rover patrol off the Dutch coast.
Rover - Coastal Command armed patrol for opportunity attacking of shipping.
The aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances, two of the crew are missing in action:
Pilot F/O. G.G.O. James J/4107 RCAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 99
Observer F/Sgt. A.K. Farnie R/86310 RAF / Sage War Cemetery in Germany; grave 13 C 4
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner F/Sgt. G.A. Pearce R/70960 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 106
Air Gunner F/Sgt. T. Gibbons R/79804 RAF / Sage War Cemetery in Germany; grave 5 A 3
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1666&date=&location=&pn
=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17478657
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Jul-2017 17:48 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Jul-2017 17:48 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, ] |
| 01-Jul-2017 17:48 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 01-Jul-2017 17:49 | TigerTimon | Updated [Damage, ] |
| 14-Oct-2018 06:57 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, ] |
| 05-May-2020 13:22 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Feb-2022 07:09 | redsix1 | Updated [Source, ] |
| 21-Jun-2022 10:51 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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