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| Date: | Wednesday 28 January 1942 |
| Time: | 23:35 |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 106 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AT122 |
| MSN: | ZN-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lievelde-Besselinkschans, 10 km NW of Winterswijk, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Took off from RAF Coningsby at 18:00 for Münster. The aircraft was one of four 106 Squadron Hampdens lost on this night. AT122 crashed at 23:35 hours into a isolated wood at Besselinkschans, 1 km south south-west of Lievelde, 10 km North West of Winterswijk, Gelderland, Netherlands. All four crew were killed.
According to one source, it is possible that the crew simply "froze to death" (died of hypothermia) due to the extreme low temperatures - that night temperatures fell to minus 27.4 degrees C. A local doctor who examined the bodies of the crew reported signs of exposure to extreme low temperatures
Crew:
101559: Pilot Officer Robert Vincent Selfe RAF (pilot, aged 26)
R/56201: Flight Sgt.Joseph Alfred Jacobson RCAF (Observer, aged 24)
955322: Sgt. Duncan Edward Hodgkinson RAF (Wireless Op/Air Gunner. aged 25)
1251250: Sgt. Sidney George Harding RAF (Air Gunner, aged 22)
All four crew were buried at the Lichtenvoorde General Cemetery, Gelderland, Netherlands
Sources:
1. Chorley W.R. Bomber Command Losses 1942 page 26
2. https://studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/28-29-01-1942-sglo-t1396-handley-page-hampden-mk-i-at122-zn/
3. https://www.airwar4045.nl/
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2648198/selfe,-robert-vincent/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2648189/jacobson,-joseph-alfred/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2648187/hodgkinson,-duncan-edward/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2648185/harding,-sidney-george/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Nov-2017 16:51 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Jan-2018 19:43 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Aug-2018 19:13 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Oct-2018 13:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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