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| Date: | Sunday 29 December 1940 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 50 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3141 |
| MSN: | VN-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lanester, Malachappe, Morbihan department in Brittany -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lindholme, North Yorkshire |
| RAF Lindholme, North Yorkshire |
28/29 December 1940
Ten aircraft detailed to attack docks at L'ORIENT. X3141 (VN-Z) took off from RAF Lindholme at 16:15. Nine aircraft returned safely, X3141 with Pilot, Pilot Officer Ainsworth and crew Failed To Return. Possible crash site is Lanester, Malachappe, a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany, in north-western France (at approximate Coordinates: 47°45′53″N 3°20′32″W). Three known fatalities, which were:
649426 WOP/Air Gunner Sgt. Marchant Hemingway age 19,
523469 Observer Sgt. Edward Hulme Battle age 23 and
615035 WOP/Air Gunner Sgt. George Gray Smith age 19.
Pilot, Pilot Officer Ainsworth presumed survived/captured and taken as PoW, the deceased are commemorated in a communal grave at Lanester Communal Cemetery, L'Orient, France, grave c-5.
Sources:
1. http://www.no-50-and-no-61-squadrons-association.co.uk/app/download/5802508903/50+SQUADRON+ORB+1939+1943+Revision+1.pdf
2. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2814291/hemingway,-marchant/
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2814290/battle,-edward-hulme/
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2814294/smith,-george-gray/
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanester
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jul-2018 18:21 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 12-Nov-2018 18:56 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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