Footprints on the Sands of Time, RAF Bomber Command Prisoners of War in Germany 1939-45 by Oliver Clutton-Brock, page 310
Hammond, Bernard Agur (Sergeant)
Prisoner of War 1941-August-17
Birth Date: unkown date
Born:
Parents:
Spouse:
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAFVR
Unit
58 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Alis Nocturnis On the wings of the night
Base
RAF Linton-on-Ouse
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
1258346
PoW: 109
Target
Cologne Germany
Crew or Other Personnel
Whitley Z6729
Mission
Whitley V Z6729
Bombing Cologne Germany 1941-August-16 to 1941-August-17
58 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Linton-on-Ouse
51 Squadron RAF Linton-on-Ouse. Whitley V aircraft Z 6729 GE-T was shot down by night- fighter pilot Oberleutnant Willi Dimter 1/NJG1 during an operation against targets in Cologne, Germany. The bomber crashed near Diaconessen Hospital at Breda - Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands with the entire crew surviving to become Prisoners of War
Flight Sergeant John Bayman Nickerson (RCAF), Sergeant Sidney Frederick Davidson (RAFVR), Sergeant Bernard Agur Hammond (RAFVR), Sergeant Terrance Anthony Nichols (RAFVR) and Sergeant Ronald Denis Wagstaff (RAFVR) all survived to become Prisoners of War
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 13 July 1941 - 29 May 1942 The early Years Part 2 by Theo Boiten, page 30
Royal Air Force Serial and Image DatabaseWhitley Z6729 V - Bombing Cologne Germany - 1941-08-16 to 1941-08-17
Squadron: 58 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1941-08-16
Completion Date: 1941-08-17
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Cologne Germany
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Linton-on-Ouse
Take Off Time: 23:44:00
Squadron Code: GE-T
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Netherlands
Crash Specifics: Breda - Zundert, Noord-Brabant
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: fighter
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim: Oberleutnant Willi Dimter 1/NJG1
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
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51 Squadron RAF Linton-on-Ouse. Whitley V aircraft Z 6729 GE-T was shot down by night- fighter pilot Oberleutnant Willi Dimter 1/NJG1 during an operation against targets in Cologne, Germany. The bomber crashed near Diaconessen Hospital at Breda - Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands with the entire crew surviving to become Prisoners of War
Flight Sergeant John Bayman Nickerson (RCAF), Sergeant Sidney Frederick Davidson (RAFVR), Sergeant Bernard Agur Hammond (RAFVR), Sergeant Terrance Anthony Nichols (RAFVR) and Sergeant Ronald Denis Wagstaff (RAFVR) all survived to become Prisoners of War
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 13 July 1941 - 29 May 1942 The early Years Part 2 by Theo Boiten, page 30