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| Date: | Tuesday 23 June 1942 |
| Time: | 23:47 |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 420 (City of London) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | AD786 |
| MSN: | PT-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Boothby Pagnell 5 miles SE of Grantham; Lincolnshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington (takeoff at 23:25 hrs) |
| Gardening - mine-laying |
The pilot Flt Sgt F S Hiley had the starboard engine fail under full load. The aircraft would not maintain height and went into a yaw and crashed at Boothby Pagnall, near Grantham.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Frederick Staples Hiley DFM RCAF R/78427 [Injured] Admitted to Grantham Hospital
Observer : Flight Sergeant George Henry Germain RCAF R/78315 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant George Debbage Johnson RAFVR 1283052 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Kinglsey Clarence Little RCAF R/68140 : Commission Gazetted Friday 04 July, 1941) [Killed]
Germain and Little : Lincoln (Newport) Cemetery, United Kingdom (53.240120 / -0.532678)
Johnson : Walthamstow (St. Mary) Churchyard, United Kingdom (51.585169 / -0.029526)
Sources:
Bomber Command Losses 1942
CWGC
420 Squadron
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=%09AD786+
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jan-2018 15:08 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 09-Oct-2018 20:07 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 01-May-2020 13:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, ] |
| 24-Jun-2024 18:39 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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