Accident Handley Page Hampden Mk I L4110,
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Date:Sunday 8 March 1942
Time:22:04
Type:Handley Page Hampden Mk I
Owner/operator:14 OTU RAF
Registration: L4110
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:2 miles NW of Salby, Leicestershire -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Saltby
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Came down at high speed in level flight, wheels and flaps extended. It hit the ground 2 miles NW of the airfield at 22:04.

Crew
Sgt J F MacPhail Cottesmore(St Nicholas) Churchyard Extension Compt. 11. Grave 3.
Sgt E R Lumsdaine Slightly Injured
Sgt A H Hanson Cottesmore(St Nicholas) Churchyard Extension Compt. 11. Grave 2.
Sgt F Wellington slightly Injured

Sources:

RAAF FATALITIES IN SECOND WORLD WAR AMONG RAAF PERSONNEL SERVING ON ATTACHMENT IN ROYAL AIR FORCE SQUADRONS AND SUPPORT UNITS
Bomber Command Losses 1942
CWGC

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
14-Mar-2008 11:37 JINX Added
12-Nov-2017 15:08 Red Dragon Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
20-Feb-2018 16:54 Nepa Updated [Operator, Nature, Destination airport]

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