Accident Handley Page Hampden Mk I AE396,
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Date:Thursday 12 February 1942
Time:
Type:Handley Page Hampden Mk I
Owner/operator:49 Sqn RAF
Registration: AE396
MSN: EA-W
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Aircraft missing
Location:Missing, North Sea -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Scampton
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Operation Fuller - Channel Dash. Lost Without Trace. All the crew are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial

Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Edward Walter Phillips RAFVR 1059982 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Kenneth William Heard RAFVR 1169558 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Alexander Jackson RAFVR 971671 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Edwin George Green RAFVR 1380982 [Killed]

Sources:

Bomber Command losses 1942
49 Squadron Association.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
04-Nov-2017 21:45 Red Dragon Added
30-Oct-2018 05:08 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]
22-Jun-2022 08:19 Ron Averes Updated [Location]
12-Feb-2024 07:43 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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