ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 15703
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| Date: | Sunday 11 August 1940 |
| Time: | 01:30 LT |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 49 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L4036 |
| MSN: | EA-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Homert near Ludenscheid, Märkischer Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Scampton |
Handley Page Hampden Mk.I L4036 (EA-R) 49 Squadron, RAF Scampton. Lost on combat operations on night of 11/8/1940: Shot down by flak during raid on Dortmund. Aircraft came down at Homert, near Ludenscheid, Märkischer Kreis district, in North Rhine-Westphalia. All four crew killed.
Crew:
Pilot: Pilot Officer 40693 Richard Francis Gower RAF killed (Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 24 May, 1938)
Navigator:77934 Pilot Officer Edwin Arthur Harris RAFVR killed (Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 25 June, 1940)
Observer: Sgt 581137 Alfred James Baum RAF killed.
W/Op, Air Gunner: Sgt 751725 Percy William Norman Jelley RAFVR killed.
It was reported the plane was brought down by flak and there were no survivors. The crew were all buried in a local cemetery at LOH Waldfriedhof, Near Ludenscheid, before being reburied in 1947 in the CWGC War Cemetery at Reichswald Forest, Kleve, Germany.
Sources:
1. Air-Britain: Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999
2. https://forum.flightradar24.com/threads/4038-Handley-Page-Hampden-which-crashed
3. https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hampden/25886-L40361940-08-12.html
4. http://www.leicestershirewarmemorials.co.uk/war/casualty/view/14974
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?15518-RAF-Casualty-Packs-1939-45-Public-Access/page3
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2031723/gower,-richard-francis/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2036809/baum,-alfred-james/
8. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2031976/harris,-edwin-arthur/
9. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2055835/jelley,-percy-william-norman/
10. https://www.thameremembers.org/Crosses/pilot-officer-richard-francis-gower/
11.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Mar-2008 15:00 | JINX | Added |
| 08-Jul-2013 07:33 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Jun-2017 13:23 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 23-Dec-2017 17:59 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 30-Jun-2018 22:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2018 20:11 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 11-Aug-2023 06:52 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Operator, Destination airport, Operator]] |
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