ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 15716
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Date: | Thursday 14 November 1940 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | L4051 |
MSN: | OL-M |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Berlin -
Germany
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire |
Narrative:Crashed in Germany at Neuruppin, the crew were on loan from 77 Squadron and all lie at the Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Philip Arnold RAFVR 78736 [Killed] (NCO:741464 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 14 May, 1940)
Observer : Sergeant James Clifton Threlfall RAFVR 746949 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Edward Taylor RAF 651358 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Pilot Officer Bernard Albert Zadock De Bressey RAFVR 79235 [Killed] (Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 02 July, 1940)
Sources:
1. Air-Britain: Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999
2.
http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/83-sqn-1940-lost-hampden-sergeant.29196/ 3.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2761090/steel,-john-clement/ 4.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2078606/bailey,-geoffrey-donald/ 5.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2761246/toomey,-richard-william/ 6.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2201930/louis,-victor-henry/ 7.
http://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1940-11NOV.htm 8.
https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hampden/23832-L40511940-11-15.html 9.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuruppin 10. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
11-Mar-2008 23:38 |
JINX |
Added |
23-Jan-2012 04:58 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
18-Jul-2013 07:38 |
JINX |
Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
11-Jun-2017 13:28 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Operator, Location] |
23-Dec-2017 18:03 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
11-Jul-2018 17:51 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
11-Nov-2018 12:07 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
14-Nov-2023 09:28 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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