Accident Handley Page Hampden Mk I AT216 ,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202292
 
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Date:Monday 6 April 1942
Time:00:34
Type:Handley Page Hampden Mk I
Owner/operator:50 Sqn RAF
Registration: AT216
MSN: VN-
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Thorpe on the Hill, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:operation - Köln, Germany
Narrative:
Crashed 5 minutes after take off at Thrope-on-the Hill 6 miles SW of Lincoln. It is presumed that the pilot lost control on take off as he climbed away from the airfield.

Crew
Pilot: 89084 Fg Off Ronald Seely- King - THURLBY St. GERMAIN CHURCHYARD Grave A.6.
Observer: 924568 Sgt. Gilbert Lewis Quincey - WOOLWICH CEMETERY, LONDON Sec. 19. Grave 924.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1165162 Sgt. James Hardy - LEICESTER (GILROES) Cemetery Sec. U.U. Grave 740.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1158660 Sgt. Gerald Colin Stewart Skelton - NOTTINGHAM NORTHERN CEMETERY Sec. C/13. Grave 36.

Sources:

CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
No. 50 Squadron Royal Air Force In World War Two
http://www.bcar.org.uk/new1942-incident-logs
Google Maps

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
28 February 1942 AE218 50 Sqn RAF RAF Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire, England unk
Fuel exhaustion
7 March 1942 AE387 50 Sqn RAF 1 RAF Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire, England w/o
11 March 1942 AT173 50 Sqn RAF 0 Ilketshall St Margaret, Suffolk w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
28-Nov-2017 18:05 Red Dragon Added
12-Nov-2018 20:52 Nepa Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator]
02-Apr-2022 18:09 TigerTimon Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source]
02-Apr-2022 18:10 TigerTimon Updated [Phase]

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