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| Date: | Saturday 7 December 1940 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 16 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | P4292 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Little Chesterton, near RAF Bicester, Oxfordshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire |
| RAF Bicester, Oxfordshire |
Handley Page Hampden P4292: Destroyed when crashed at Little Chesterton, Northamptonshire. 07/12/1940
Crew:
Sgt Alan James COAD DFM (566061) pilot RAF killed
S/Ldr Hugh Denis BECK (33106) nav. RAF killed
Sgt Monty Richard DARDS (745785) pilot RAFVR killed
Sgt Thomas HADFIELD (616922) WOp/AG RAF killed
Sgt George Arnold BINKS (943809) WOp/AG RAFVR killed
Sources:
1. Air-Britain: Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000-R9999
2. http://www.theygavetheirtoday.com/raf-upper-heyford.html
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2811876/coad,-alan-james/
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2350245/beck,-hugh-denis/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2421949/dards,-monty-richard/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2698909/hadfield,-thomas/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2409002/binks,-george-arnold/
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesterton,_Oxfordshire
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jul-2013 17:22 | JINX | Added |
| 06-Jun-2015 10:40 | Giggatson | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, ] |
| 22-Jul-2018 20:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Registration, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Jul-2024 12:25 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator, ] |
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