Date:	Friday 29 August 1941
Time:	03:20
Type:	Handley Page Hampden Mk I
Owner/operator:	106 Sqn RAF
Registration:	AE193
MSN:	ZN-A
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	North Sea NW of Texel, Noord-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:	RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire

Narrative:
Handley Page Hampden Mk.I AE193 (ZN-A) of 106 Squadron. Lost on combat operations on the night of 28-29/8/1941. Mission: Duisburg. Took off from RAF Coningsby at 23:30 hours on the evening of 28/8/1941. Whilst returning from Duisburg, both the aircraft's engines cut out, and the crew were forced to ditch the aircraft in the North Sea, North West of Texel, West Frisian Islands, Noord Holland at 03:20 hours on the morning of 29/8/1941.

All four crew got into the dinghy and were rescued (after four days and nights at sea) by a Dutch fishing boat. They were taken to Zoutcamp, Groningen. Suffering from exhaustion, the bomber crew decided to surrender, rather than jeopardise the lives of their Dutch saviours.

Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Eric Robert H Lyon RAF 911982 [PoW]
Observer : Sergeant Richard John Kenneth Woodrooffe RAF 956674 [PoW]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Geoffrey Bryon Stanton RAF 1357049 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant George Luke RAF 649279 [PoW]

1. W.R. Chorley: Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 132.
2. https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1232&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
3. https://studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/28-29-08-1941-sglo-t1232-handley-page-hampden-mk-i-ae193-zn-a/
4. https://www.aviationartprints.com/aviation_art.php?ProdID=4094
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoutkamp
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texel
7. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-Dec-2008 11:45	ASN archive	Added
07-May-2016 17:15	Red Dragon	Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
01-Aug-2018 22:18	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
28-Oct-2018 13:02	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator, ]
20-Mar-2020 21:28	TigerTimon	Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, ]
15-Jun-2022 05:13	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, ]
01-Jun-2024 11:41	Rob Davis	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]