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| Date: | Sunday 31 May 1942 |
| Time: | 02:05 |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 14 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | P2116 |
| MSN: | GL-L2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Diepenveen, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Cottesmore |
Takeoff at 22:57 hrs for participation in the first 1000 bomber raid with target Köln, Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Manfred Meurer of the 9./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Twente airfield (Diepenveen 3km North of Deventer (4 C).
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Thomas Edward Philip Ramsay RAF 116080 (NCO:1028013 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 05 May, 1942) [PoW]
Observer : Pilot Officer William Howarth Gorton RAFVR 115163 (NCO:1016958 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 10 February, 1942) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Frederick Harold Falk RAFVR 798559 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Pilot Officer Victor Ernest Woolnough DFM RAF 48586 (NCO:635793 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 12 May, 1942) [Killed]
Those who did not survive rest at the Diepenveen General Cemetery, Netherlands (52.291529 / 6.1471725).
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1532&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
CWGC
RAF Prisoners of War
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2820443/gorton,-william-howarth/
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2820442/falk,-frederick-harold/
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2820446/woolnough,-victor-ernest/
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-May-2017 08:53 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Jan-2018 13:57 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Feb-2018 17:05 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Mar-2020 11:09 | Anon. | Updated [Source, ] |
| 21-Apr-2020 10:54 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-May-2024 11:41 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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