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| Date: | Thursday 12 June 1941 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 25 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | P2111 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bristol Channel, off Bridgwater, Somerset. -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Finningley, South Yorkshire |
| RAF Finningley, South Yorkshire |
This Hampden was built by English Electric at Preston and, at time of loss, was assigned to 25 OTU (Operational Training Unit) based at RAF Finningley. On 12 June 1941,the aircraft went missing on a navigation exercise. The Hampden failed to return, and is presumed to have ditched into the Bristol channel off Bridgwater, Somerset. All four crew were posted as missing, believed killed:
Crew:-
Pilot: Sgt William Allison RAFVR (968171, aged 20) - KIA
Navigator/Bomb Airmer: Sgt James Abraham Tyrrell RAFVR (958276, aged 24) - KIA
Wireless Op/Air Gunner: Sgt Guy Trevor Corbett RAFVR (1163172, aged 29)
Air Gunner: Sgt Henry William White RAFVR (923509)
As no trace of the aircraft was ever found, two of the four crew members are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. The other two - Sgt Corbett, who was buried at Bridgwater (Quantock Road) Cemetery, Bridgwater, Somerset - and Sgt White, was buried at St. Nicholas Churchyard, North Stoneham, Hampshire. (Presumably, their bodies were washed ashore?)
Sources:
1. Halley, J J, 1996, Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000 to R9999, page 15
2. http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/515503/details/handley-page-hampden-i-p2111
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1082725/allison,-william/
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1809181/tyrrell,-james-abraham/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2691881/corbett,-guy-trevor/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2439040/white,-henry-william/
7. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Feb-2017 21:15 | ORD | Added |
| 17-Feb-2018 07:58 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Nature, Damage, ] |
| 24-Jul-2018 19:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 25-May-2024 15:15 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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