ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53107
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| Date: | Monday 13 October 1941 |
| Time: | 00:35 LT |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 144 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AD965 |
| MSN: | PL-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | northern IJsselmeer, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Luffenham, Rutland |
| RAF North Luffenham, Rutland |
Took off for an operation to Hüls in Germany, on the evening of 12/10/1941, and failed to return.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Helmut Lent of the 4./NJG 1, who was flying Bf 110 D-3 G9+FM from Leeuwarden airfield; crashed into the northern part of the IJsselmeer, Friesland, Holland, Northern Netherlands at approximate coordinates: 52°49′N 5°15′E. All four crew killed, but only one body was ever recovered.
Crew
777660: Sgt. Herbert Edward Chamberlain (pilot, aged 26)
1375393: Sgt.Edgar Walter Hawkins (Observer, aged 26)
1101048: Sgt. Charles Alexander James Webster (Wireless Op/Air Gunner, aged 24)
971521: Sgt. Cyril Midford Morris (Air Gunner, aged 32)
Sgt Herbert Edward Chamberlain was buried at WONSERADEEL (MAKKUM) PROTESTANT CHURCHYARD, Friesland, Netherlands. The other three crew were never found, and were commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
Sources:
1. Chorley W.R.: Bomber Command Losses 1941 page 159
2. Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
3. http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=AD965
4. https://studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/12-13-10-1941-sglo-t1294-handley-page-hampden-mk-i-ad965-pl/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2649466/chamberlain,-herbert-edward/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1799664/hawkins,-edgar-walter/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1531161/webster,-charles-alexander-james/
8. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1077197/morris,-cyril-midford/
9. https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hampden/21661-P12951941-12-29.html
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%BCls
11. https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1294&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 September 1941 | AE304 | 144 Sqn RAF | 4 | Empingham, NE of RAF North Luffenham, Oakham, Rutland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-Jul-2018 20:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Jul-2018 20:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 17-Oct-2018 05:42 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 07-Apr-2020 16:08 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2022 19:38 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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