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| Date: | Wednesday 14 January 1942 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 50 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AE431 |
| MSN: | VN-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing - |
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire |
Took off from RAF Skellingthorpe at 16:42 hours local time with the Blohm & Voss Yards at Hamburg as the target. AE431 was one of two aircraft that FTR (Failed To Return) - the other was Hampden AE420 - and all four crew lost without trace.
Crew:
80128 Pilot Officer Eric Vivian Hore RAFVR (pilot, aged 21) (NCO:778415 Commission Gazetted : Friday 08 August, 1941)
102605 Pilot Officer Lawrence Mason Jacob RAFVR (pilot. aged 31) (NCO:1018357 Commission Gazetted : Friday 29 August, 1941)
1375303 Sgt. Gerald Alan Gale, RAFVR (Wireless Op/Air Gunner, aged 19) and
1375481 Philip Charles Pettersson, RAF (Air Gunner, aged 21)
All the crew are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
1. http://www.no-50-and-no-61-squadrons-association.co.uk/app/download/5802508903/50+SQUADRON+ORB+1939+1943+Revision+1.pdf
2. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1800472/hore,-eric-vivian/
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1801026/jacob,-lawrence-mason/
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1270554/gale,-gerald-alan/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1804256/pettersson,-philip-charles/
6. https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hampden/25693-AE4311942-01-15.html
7. Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
8. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Nov-2017 18:31 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 25-Dec-2017 08:49 | XindelX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 25-Dec-2017 08:49 | XindelX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 11-Jul-2018 22:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Jul-2018 16:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2018 19:19 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 10-Jan-2022 19:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Country, Phase, Source] |
| 14-Jan-2024 07:34 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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