ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52973
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| Date: | Tuesday 24 February 1942 |
| Time: | 22:02 |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 144 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X2969 |
| MSN: | PL-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea N of Terschelling, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Luffenham |
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld of the 5./NJG 2, who was flying from Leeuwarden airfield. Also damaged by the 7./Marine-Flak-Abteilung 246 battery Ameland.
All the crew are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Operation: Gardening (mine-laying operations)
Take off time: 18:20
Crew:
Pilot / Flt Sgt Lord B T Dundas +
Observer / Sgt G A Barnett +
Wireless Operator / Sgt W A Croft +
Air Gunner / Sgt S B Wilson +
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1424&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_RAF_code_names
https://www.asisbiz.com/Luftwaffe/njg2.html
Bomber Command losses 1942.
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 May 1941 | AD900 | 144 Sqn RAF | 2 | Streekweg Hoogkarspel, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
| 15 January 1942 | AE441 | 144 Sqn RAF | 0 | Field Dalling, North of RAF Langham, Norfolk |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-Feb-2017 09:16 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2017 16:46 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Oct-2018 05:48 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 05-Nov-2019 19:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Jun-2022 23:15 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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