ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 196562
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| Date: | Wednesday 20 March 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 144 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L4137 |
| MSN: | PL- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Scotter, near Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hemswell |
| Night Flying Practice |
The Hampden I L4137 of 144 Sqn RAF crashed after the pilot lost control and dived into the ground at Scotter, near Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, whilst on a night training sortie.
Crew (all killed):
Crew
Pilot: 39372 Fg Off Royston Henry Bullard-Davies - Harpswell (St Chad) Churchyard Row D Grave 7.
Observer: 580688 Sgt Alan Henry Woodward - Stratford upon Avon Cemetery Grave 4691.
Wireless Operator: 551342 LAC Dennis Gordon Doughty - Seaton (Earsdon) Cemetery Section 8 Grave 2668.
Sources:
http://www.bcar.org.uk/1940.html
"Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War, vol 1: Aircraft and Crew lost during 1939-1940", by W R Chorley. ISBN 0-904597-85-7
http://www.rafinfo.org.uk/BCWW2Losses/1939-1940.htm
https://www.cwgc.org/debt_of_honour.asp?menuid=14
http://www.maplandia.com/united-kingdom/england/east-midlands/lincolnshire-county/scotter/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 April 1941 | X3066 | 144 Sqn RAF | 4 | 2 km SW of Neeroeteren, Maaseik, Limburg |  |
w/o |
| 17 April 1941 | AD761 | 144 Sqn RAF | 3 | 2 miles ENE of RAF Hemswell, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England | |
w/o |
| 7 July 1941 | AD871 | 144 Sqn RAF | 4 | North Sea |  |
mis |
| 31 January 1942 | AE359 | 144 Sqn RAF | 1 | Aircraft ditched. Survivors spent some 20 hours in their dinghy. | |
unk |
| 12 February 1942 | AT175 | 144 Sqn RAF | 5 | North Sea |  |
mis |
| 2 April 1942 | AD959 | 144 Sqn RAF | 3 | Groß Roscharden, Lastrup, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
| 6 April 1942 | AT226 | 144 Sqn RAF | 0 | Grendon Underwood Bombing Range 10 miles WNW of Aylesbury. | |
w/o |
| 11 April 1942 | AT187 | 144 Sqn RAF | 3 | Wrights Farm Holbeach Lincolnshire | |
w/o |
| 11 April 1942 | AT218 | 144 Sqn RAF | 3 | near Kühhude, Bad Berleburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 14 April 1942 | AT110 | 144 Sqn RAF | 4 | Felpham Sussex | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jul-2017 12:51 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
| 25-May-2022 07:11 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
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