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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/time | Contributor | Updates |
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] |