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| Date: | Tuesday 24 March 1942 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 50 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AE429 |
| MSN: | VN-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing off Lorient -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire (takeoff at 19:20 LT) |
| operation - Gardening (mine-laying) - Lorient (Artichokes region) |
The aircraft is believed to have come down in the sea off Morlaix, Finistere, France: their bodies were probably washed ashore near Brest in the days after the event. *Mechanical failure then hit by flak.
Crew
Pilot: Plt Off Dennis Reginald Fair - Brest (Kerfautras) Cemetery Plot 46. Row 12. Grave 13.
Observer: Plt Off Ivor Owen Davies - Brest (Kerfautras) Cemetery Plot 46. Row 10. Grave 15.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: Sgt Jack Hudson - Brest ( Kerfautras) Cemetery Plot 46. Row 11. Grave 15.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: John henry Pearson - Brest (Kerfautras) Cemetery Plot 46. Row 11. Grave 14.
Sources:
pertes_raf_finistere - Absa 39-45
CWGC
50 Sqn ORB's
https://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=3562
http://www.no-50-and-no-61-squadrons-association.co.uk/veterans-album/p-o-ivor-owen-davies/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Nov-2017 16:40 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 12-Nov-2018 20:47 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 21-Mar-2022 15:47 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, ] |
| 21-Mar-2022 15:49 | TigerTimon | Updated [Destination airport, ] |
| 18-Apr-2022 05:49 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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