ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 15718
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| Date: | Friday 9 August 1940 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L4053 |
| MSN: | OL-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire |
Handley Page Hampden Mk.I L4053 (OL-N) of 83 Squadron, RAF. Took off from RAF Scampton on the evening of 8/8/40, and was lost on combat operations in the early hours of the following day (9/8/40). Crashed returning from raid on Ludwigshafen; aircraft came down near Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg (at approximate Coordinates: 49°29′20″N 8°28′9″E). All four crew survived, and were taken PoW, but two were injured
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Ian Menzies Muir RAF 42255 (Commission Gazetted : Friday 02 February, 1940) PoW No.165.
Observer : Sergeant Walter Barber RAF 581259 PoW No.168.
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant John Leakey RAF 620625 PoW No.301.
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Francis Arthur Stone RAF 1167653 PoW No.196
Sources:
1. Air Britain RAF Aircraft L1000-N9999
2. The Other Few: The Contribution Made by Bomber and Coastal Aircrew By Larry Donnelly (page 77)
3. https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hampden/23893-L40531940-08-09.html
4. https://www.plane-crashes-heidelberg.de/en_US/2016/01/21/nr-03-handley-page-hampden-mk-i-pilot-p-o-i-m-muir-absturz-8-9-08-1940-bei-mannheim-83sqn/
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannheim#World_War_II
6. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 September 1941 | X3144 | 83 Sqn RAF | 4 | Waddenzee, off Afsluitdijk, Friesland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Mar-2008 01:53 | JINX | Added |
| 28-Jun-2008 23:29 | JINX | Updated |
| 23-Jan-2012 04:42 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jul-2013 05:40 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Narrative] |
| 11-Jun-2017 13:22 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 23-Dec-2017 17:58 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 30-Jun-2018 21:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2018 12:06 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 08-Aug-2023 07:06 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
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