Hampden I P1341 - Nordenskov                   Esbjerg - Varde                                   Updated: 02 FEB 2019

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
o888438.htm Dashwood W S Sgt RNZAF 106 p057.htm HAM P1341 Bomb G Nordenskov d150142 o888 o888.htm POW
o888439.htm Horseman A W Sgt RAF 106 p057.htm HAM P1341 Bomb G Nordenskov d150142 o888 o888.htm POW
o888441.htm Moore E A Sgt RAF 106 p057.htm HAM P1341 Bomb G Nordenskov d150142 o888 o888.htm POW
o888440.htm Rousseau COR Sgt RCAF 106 p057.htm HAM P1341 Bomb G Nordenskov d150142 o888 o888.htm POW


Den 15. januar 1942 kl. 21.38 styrtede HAM P1341 ned ved Nordenskov (der er her) nord for Esbjerg.
Flyet var på bombetogt til Hamburg, da det blev beskadiget af flak over Tyskland.
Den korte version: "Besætningen på 4 sprang ud med faldskærm og landede sikkert. Alle taget til fange af tyskerne.
Bur med en død brevdue fundet i vraget." (Se p057MACR - blanket om savnet flybesætning)
AOD har detaljer.

De 4 flyvere blev sendt til Tyske krigsfangelejre.
Sgt W.S.Dashwood blev interneret i lejrene 7A Moosburg / 383 Hohenfels / L7 Bankau med Sgt E.A.Moore.
Sgt A.W.Horseman i lejrene 7A Moosburg / 383 Hohenfels.
Sgt C.O.R.Rousseau i lejrene 7A Moosburg / L3 Sagan / L6 Heydekrug / L4 Gross Tychow". (Source: Lost Bombers)  4 flyvere.

On 15 January 1942 at 21.38 hrs. HAM P1341 crashed at Nordenskov (which is here) north of Esbjerg.
The plane was on a bombing raid on Hamburg, when it was damaged by flak over Germany.
The short version: "Crew of four baled out and landed safely. All captured by the Germans.
Cage containing a dead carrier pigeon found in wreck." (See p057MACR - Missing Air Crew Report)
AOD has details.

The 4 airmen were taken to German POW-Camps. See also The March (1945).
Sgt W.S.Dashwood was interned in Camps 7A Moosburg / 383 Hohenfels / L7 Bankau with Sgt E.A.Moore.
Sgt A.W.Horseman in Camps 7A Moosburg / 383 Hohenfels.
Sgt C.O.R.Rousseau in Camps 7A Moosburg / L3 Sagan / L6 Heydekrug / L4 Gross Tychow.  (Source: Lost Bombers)

Hampden I P1341 ZN-  took off from RAF Coningsby at 17.10 hrs on 15 JAN 1942. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.)
See RAF Coningsby at RAF-Lincolnshire-info and RAF Coningsby 2018. See Duxford 2018 with BBMF  TEAM.
See No. 106 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia. See No. 106 Squadron (RAF) during the Second World War. See Google Map RAF-Coningsby. 4 airmen.