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| Date: | Saturday 7 February 1942 |
| Time: | 15:09 |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 144 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AD824 |
| MSN: | PL-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea W of Terschelling, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Luffenham |
Shot down by Ofw Detlev Lüth of the 4./JG 1 (flying a Bf 109F from Leeuwarden airfield), guided by GCI radar station 'Tiger'.
5th crewmember was an additional air gunner for daylight ops.
Operation: Gardening – mine-laying operations.
Target: Frisian Islands
Takeoff time: 11:30
Pilot Sgt. R.F. Thompson 778361 RAF Nes Ameland cemetery; grave D 15 14
Observer F/Sgt. R.N. Thompson 999498 RAF Terschelling cemetery; grave 39
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sgt. R. Rowell 1061453 RAF Runnymede Memorial; panel 92
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sgt. C.C. Duce 1154270 RAF Runnymede Memorial; panel 82
Beam Gunner Sgt. L.P. Bow 1167727 RAF Runnymede Memorial; panel 78
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1400&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
www.626-squadron.uk/wiilem27.htm
ww2.dk
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Apr-2015 19:24 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Aug-2016 18:13 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 07-Feb-2017 09:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Feb-2017 12:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
| 19-Sep-2017 14:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Nov-2017 17:03 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator, Destination airport] |
| 06-Jan-2018 13:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Oct-2018 05:43 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 02-Nov-2019 15:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Jun-2022 23:23 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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