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| Date: | Thursday 22 January 1942 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 106 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AT146 |
| MSN: | ZN-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea off Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby |
Took off from RAF Coningsby at 17:35 The mission was to lay mines (Gardening) at either the Frisian Islands or Wilhelmshaven. Lost without a trace. All the crew are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Horace Spencer Edward Ellis RAFVR 929649 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Stewart Alexander Morrison RCAF R/77068 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Arthur Stuart Chantrell RAFVR 1051972 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Sergeant William Holland RAFVR 1257890 [Killed]
All are remembered at the Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom (51.437693 / -0.564745)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1393&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Bomber Command Losses 1942
The Bomber Command War Diaries 1939-1945
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Nov-2017 13:04 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Jan-2018 15:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Oct-2018 13:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Operator, ] |
| 02-Nov-2019 11:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Jun-2022 10:50 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 30-Oct-2024 07:37 | Rob Davis | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
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