ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 200475
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| Date: | Saturday 3 January 1942 |
| Time: | 01:00 LT |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 455 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | P5328 |
| MSN: | UB-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Folly Farm, Haddenham, 6 miles SW Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Swinderby |
Took off from RAF Swinderby at 17.16 hours on the night of 2nd January 1942 to bomb La Rochelle, France. The aircraft completed the mission, and on return to base, it crashed at 01.00 hours on 3rd January at Folly Farm, Haddenham, 6 miles south west of Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, bursting into flames on impact.
The wreckage was so scattered that the cause of the crash was never established. All the crew of four were killed. The other three aircraft from the Squadron that took part in the operation returned safely.
Crew:
100090: Pilot Officer Charles Ludwig RAAF (Pilot, aged 30) (NCO:1379178 Commission Gazetted : Friday 25 July, 1941)
400110: Pilot Officer John Lennox Siesel Willox, RAAF (Navigator, aged 26)
1006937: Sgt Joseph Ross Stansfield, (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, aged 30)
404579: Flying Officer Alex MacNaughton Christie RAAF (Air Gunner, aged 26)
PO Ludwig is buried in the Aberdeen (Allenvale) Cemetery, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
PO Willox and FO Christie are buried in the St Michaels (All Angels) Church Yard,
Halton, Buckinghamshire, UK.
Sgt Stansfield is buried in the Calverley (St Wilfrid) Churchyard, Yorks, Yorkshire,
UK.
Sources:
1. Bomber Command Losses 1942
2. 455 SQUADRON RAAF WORLD WAR 2 FATALITIES
3. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/hampden.htm
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2458253/ludwig,-charles/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2706483/willox,-john-lennox-siesel/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2407152/stansfield,-joseph-ross/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2706424/christie,-alec-macnaughton/
8. https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hampden/18446-P53281942-01-03.html
9. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Oct-2017 20:02 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 25-Dec-2017 08:50 | XindelX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport] |
| 16-Jul-2018 19:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Nov-2018 22:26 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 30-Jul-2023 19:59 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Operator, Destination airport, Operator]] |
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