Hampden I AT224 - Sea south west of Samsø Updated: 04 MAR 2021
Airman | Surname | Init | Rank | Service | Sqdn | P_link | Plane | Operation | Crash_site | Crash_d | Buried_d | C_link | At_Next |
e777336.htm | Cresswell | C | P/O | RAF | 408 | p077.htm | HAM AT224 | Minelaying | Sea SW of Samsø | d150542 | e777 | e777.htm | NO KNOWN |
a110001.htm | Dillon | R J | F/Sgt | RCAF | 408 | p077.htm | HAM AT224 | Minelaying | Sea SW of Samsø | d150542 | b190542 | c110.htm | Kirke Værløse |
e777337.htm | Dreyer | R W | Sgt | RCAF | 408 | p077.htm | HAM AT224 | Minelaying | Sea SW of Samsø | d150542 | e777 | e777.htm | NO KNOWN |
a103001.htm | Palmer | W D | Sgt | RAF | 408 | p077.htm | HAM AT224 | Minelaying | Sea SW of Samsø | d150542 | b140642 | c103.htm | Tranebjerg |
Natten 15.-16. maj 1942 kl. 02.00 styrtede HAM AT224 i havet sydvest for Samsø, måske omkring her. Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver: "Hampden mk. 1. AT224 (EQ-). 408 BS, 5 BG, Balderton, Notts. (Minering: »Pumpkin« i Store Bælt). 2 MIA og 2 KIA. Se Minelægningsområder.
Denne nat var en forholdsvis rolig nat for RAF. Den
eneste operation var 50 fly, der foretog minering i
den vestlige del af Østersøen. Operationen var et led i In the
night 15.-16. May 1942 at 02.00 hours
HAM AT224 crashed into the sea south west of Samsø, maybe
about
here.
(Danish) Aviation Historical Review This was a rather quiet night for the RAF. The
only operation was 50 planes that carried out a minelaying operation in the
western part of the Baltic Sea. |