Date:	Thursday 19 September 1940
Time:	night
Type:	Handley Page Hampden Mk I
Owner/operator:	83 Sqn RAF
Registration:	P1183
MSN:	OL-K
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Seine Estuary, South of Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, Normandy -   France
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:	RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire

Narrative:
Handley Page Hampden Mk.I P1183 (OL-K) of 83 Sqaudron, RAF Scampton. Lost of combat operations when FTR (Failed to return from a raid over Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France. Believed Shot down by flak/AAA over the Seine Estuary, south of Le Havre. Three deceased crew members are buried in France:

33201 Squadron Leader James Anderson Pitcairn Hill DSO, DFC (aged 24).
81036 Pilot Officer Arthur Peter Lindsell (aged 20) (NCO:745007 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 16 July, 1940)
755640 Sgt. Charles Gordon McCarthy (observer, aged 24)**
77040 Pilot Officer Victor Arthur Rendell (Wireless Op/Air gunner, aged 28) (NCO:743041 Commission Gazetted : Sunday 17 December, 1939)

**One crew member- Sgt Charles McCarthy - was reported missing, and has never been found. He is commemorated on the Runnymede memorial (panel 17)

1. Air-Britain: Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000-R9999
2. http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=1186
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2633554/pitcairn-hill,-james-anderson/
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2633672/linsdell,-arthur-peter/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1079155/mccarthy,-charles-gordon/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2633513/rendell,-victor-arthur/
7. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
8. Bomber Command Losses (1939-1940) WR Chorley, page 111
9. AIR81/3343

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
07-Jul-2013 17:26	JINX	Added
27-Feb-2015 07:40	gerard57	Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
09-Jul-2018 17:05	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
11-Nov-2018 12:07	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator, ]
27-May-2023 19:47	Rob Davis	Updated
12-Aug-2025 14:55	MMR	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]