Hampden I AD803 - Sea south 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 |
o888008.htm | Copeman | H J | Sgt | RAF | 408 | p078.htm | HAM AD803 | Minelaying | Sea S of Samsø | d160542 | o888 | o888.htm | POW |
a118001.htm | Millerd | W F | F/Sgt | RCAF | 408 | p078.htm | HAM AD803 | Minelaying | Sea S of Samsø | d160542 | b150942 | c118.htm | Århus |
e777005.htm | Smith | A A | F/S | RCAF | 408 | p078.htm | HAM AD803 | Minelaying | Sea S of Samsø | d160542 | e777 | e777.htm | NO KNOWN |
a103002.htm | Smith | N W | Sgt | RAF | 408 | p078.htm | HAM AD803 | Minelaying | Sea S of Samsø | d160542 | b260243 | c103.htm | Tranebjerg |
Umiddelbart efter blev et andet (HAM
AT224) lavtflyvende fly ramt, og dette styrtede også i havet omkring en
sømil vest for det tyske skib. Fra HAM AD803 er 1 flyver begravet i Aarhus, 1 i Tranebjerg og 1 har ingen kendt grav. 1 blev krigsfange. 4 flyvere.
HAM AD803 was on a minelaying operation targeting Pumpkin
(see Minelaying areas).
p078MACR has details and map. See also 2 statements: Immediately after another (HAM
AT224) low flying aircraft was hit, and
this too crashed in sea about one nautical mile west of the German vessel. During a
minelaying operation in Kattegat together with 49 other aircraft this plane
attacked a mine sweeper, which shot back and hit See No. 6 Group and the Canadian Squadrons * No. 408 (Goose) Squadron RCAF * 408 "Goose" Squadron Association.
Hampden I AD803 EQ-L took off from
RAF Balderton at
22.35 hrs on 15 MAY 1942. (Source:
Aircrew Remembered has
this.) |