ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53007
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| Date: | Wednesday 21 January 1942 |
| Time: | 22:30 |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 420 (Snowy Owl) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | AT130 |
| MSN: | PT-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Sexbierum, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Took off from RAF Waddington at 17:25 for Emden. Damaged by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Hans Rasper of the 5./NJG 2 (flying from Leeuwarden airfield) and by Luftwaffe & Marine Flak; made an emergency landing near Sexbierum. Friesland, Netherlands. All the crew survived and were made PoW's.
Crew:
Pilot Sqn Ldr Victor Lawrence Wood RAF 39921 POW Camp Stalag Luft 3 Sagan Belaria. PoW Number 1444 (Commission Gazetted : Monday 05 July, 1937)
Observer/Bomb Aimer Sgt. Desmond De Largy Grealy 90307 POW Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug PoW Number 90127
WOp/Air Gunner Sgt. David Gardiner Semple 903077 POW Stalag 383 Hohen Fels. PoW Number 125.
WOp/Air Gunner Sgt. Robert Lewis Bott 930272 POW Stalag 383 Hohen Fels. PoW Number 120.
Sources:
1. Bomber Command Losses 1942
2. Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
3. RAF Prisoners of War.
4. https://studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/21-22-01-1942-sglo-t1390-handley-page-hampden-mk-i-at130-pt-s/
5. https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hampden/19246-AT1301942-01-22.html
Media:
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Nov-2017 20:02 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Dec-2017 17:36 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 02-Jan-2018 09:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Jan-2018 09:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Damage] |
| 17-Jul-2018 23:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2018 19:59 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 02-Nov-2019 10:50 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2019 10:50 | TigerTimon | Updated [Embed code] |
| 21-Jan-2024 07:58 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
| 21-Jan-2024 13:14 | Rob Davis | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
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