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| Date: | Friday 9 August 1940 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | L4053 |
| MSN: | OL-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Mannheim -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Crashed returning from raid on Ludwigshafen night 8 AUG in the early hours of the following day.
Sources:
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/
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 |
| 11-Aug-2025 15:52 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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