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| Date: | Friday 27 March 1942 |
| Time: | 23:21 LT |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 408 (Goose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | AE219 |
| MSN: | EQ-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea near Terschelling, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Balderton |
| Gardening - Heligoland approaches |
Takeoff at 19:27 hrs local time for Gardening – mine-laying operations.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Rudolf Schoenert of the 5./NJG 2, who had taken off from Wittmund airfield in Germany, in Bf 110 F-4 R4+DM.
The four crew members are missing in action:
Pilot: J/15238 Plt Off. William MacMillan Fraser RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 100
Navigator: R/56125 WO Alger Jenkins (American) RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 102
Wireless Operator: 1173842 Sgt Arthur Frederick Trawford - Runnymede Memorial Panel 95
Air Gunner: 927772 Sgt Herman Albert Benjamin Bird - Runnymede Memorial Panel 78
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1462
https://www.asisbiz.com/Luftwaffe/njg2.html
CWGC
Bomber Command losses 1942
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Mar-2017 10:16 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Nov-2017 21:16 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Nov-2017 21:17 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 06-Oct-2018 17:58 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 25-Apr-2019 17:03 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Apr-2020 07:57 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Jun-2022 23:28 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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