ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53169
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| Date: | Monday 1 September 1941 |
| Time: | 00:18 |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AD912 |
| MSN: | OL-Y |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | SE corner of the Dennendijkse Bossen woods, Asten, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire |
Handley Page Hampden Mk.I AD912 (OL-Y) of 83 Squadron, RAF. Lost on combat operations on night of 31/8/1941 to 1/9/1941. Mission: Koln. Took off from RAF Scampton at 20:15 hours on 31/8/1941. The aircraft was coned by a searchlight for 4 minutes & intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Richard Launer of the 2./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield. It crashed 00:18 hours on 1/9/1941 in the south east corner of the forest of Dennendijkse Bossen, North Brabant, south of the Astense Aa near Liessel, Netherlands (at approximate co ordinates 51°24 'N, 5°48' E). Three of the crew survived, were captured, and became POWs. The pilot was killed and is buried in Jonkerbos War Cemetery.
Crew
40037: Flight Lt Eric Peter Willcox DFC (pilot, aged 27) KIA - body recovered, initially buried at Venlo, reburied at Jonkerbos postwar
66575: Pilot Officer D B Organ (Navigator)(POW)
1165273: Sgt H C Gabbitas (Wireless Op/Air Gunner)(POW)
533877: Flight Sgt J Lawrence (Air Gunner)(POW)
Sources:
1. W.R. Chorley: Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 134.
2. Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
3. https://studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/31-08-01-09-1941-sglo-t1238-handley-page-hampden-mk-i-ad912-ol-y/
4. https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennendijkse_Bossen
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2647116/willcox,-eric-peter/
6. https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1238&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
7. Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-May-2016 17:52 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Aug-2018 22:46 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2018 12:11 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 23-Mar-2020 20:53 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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