ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52905
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| Date: | Sunday 19 April 1942 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 49 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AT217 |
| MSN: | EA-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea near Terschelling, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton |
Takeoff at 20:43 hrs for a Gardening - mine-laying operation near the Frisian islands & failed to return.
Pilot:1311806 Sgt Francis William Sligo - Sage War Cemetery in Germany; grave 7. F. 2.
Observer: 1001945 Sgt Ian McLaren - Runnymede Memorial Panel 89.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 618552 Flt Sgt Ernest William Jackson - Oldebroek cemetery in Gelderland; grave 39 / initially buried Rottumeroog island on the 13th of July.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1254246 Sgt Raymond John Webley - Runnymede Memorial Panel 96.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1487&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
CWGC
49 Squadron Association
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 October 1940 | L4129 | 49 Sqn RAF | 4 | Ville D'Ambres-et-Lagrave, 11 km north east of Bordeaux |  |
w/o |
| 20 January 1942 | AT148 | 49 Sqn RAF | 4 | Roodehaan, Groningen City, Groningen prv | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Apr-2017 10:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 09-Dec-2017 21:12 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2018 05:19 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Phase, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 18-Apr-2020 11:43 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 14-Jun-2022 23:28 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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