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| Date: | Saturday 11 April 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 144 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AT218 |
| MSN: | PL- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Kühhude, Bad Berleburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Luffenham, Rutland |
Operation - Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen.
Probably, the aircraft was damaged by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Kurt Liedke of the III./NJG 2 based at Gilze-Rijen airfield in the Netherlands, who was flying a Ju 88C.
Pilot: 402990 Sgt Henry Charles Weeks RAAF - Hanover War Cemetery 15. G. 9.
Observer: 80283 Plt Off David Huntly Johnson - Hanover War Cemetery 15. G. 10 (NCO:778388 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 07 April, 1942)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1325467 Sgt S Rickard PoW Luft 357 Kopernikus. PoW Number 179
Air Gunner: NZ404070 Flt Sgt Maurice Young Kennedy RNZAF - Hanover War Cemetery 15. G. 8.
Sources:
https://www.derwesten.de//staedte/bad-berleburg/mehr-heimat/Nur-der-Bordfunker-ueberlebte-id2922300.html
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft AA100 - AZ999, published 2000
CWGC
RAAF FATALITIES IN SECOND WORLD WAR AMONG RAAF PERSONNEL SERVING ON ATTACHMENT IN ROYAL AIR FORCE SQUADRONS AND SUPPORT UNITS
RAF Prisoners of War
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-May-2010 06:26 | Bleiente | Added |
| 03-Jan-2012 03:22 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Jun-2017 12:32 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Dec-2017 12:15 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Dec-2017 12:15 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 17-Oct-2018 05:53 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 28-Oct-2019 13:59 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Nov-2019 18:57 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator, ] |
| 17-Apr-2020 18:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Apr-2022 09:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 10-Apr-2024 06:55 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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