ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 157499
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Date: | Monday 22 April 1940 |
Time: | 03:08 |
Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 49 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | P1175 |
MSN: | EA-K |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire (SQZ/EGXP) |
Destination airport: | RAF Scampton |
Narrative:Handley Page Hampden Mk.I P1175 ("EA-K") 49 Squadron, RAF. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 22/4/1940 when overshot on landing at RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, on return from mine-laying sortie. No injuries sustained by the crew of four:
Crew
Pilot: 39090 Fg Off David White - Safe.
Observer/Bomb Aimer: 518847 Sgt Ninian Lewis Jones - Safe.
Wireless Operator: 525267 Cpl Percy Joseph Hurst - Safe.
Air Gunner: 551285 LAC Norman Hornsby - Safe.
Sources:
1. Air-Britain: Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000-R9999
2.
http://www.bcar.org.uk/1940-incident-logs 3.
https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hampden/25917-P11751940-04-22.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
07-Jul-2013 17:07 |
JINX |
Added |
02-Feb-2015 16:56 |
BlB |
Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
25-Jun-2018 20:31 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
28-Oct-2018 20:10 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
05-Jun-2022 17:05 |
Anon. |
Updated [Time, Narrative] |
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