ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 213370
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Date: | Sunday 19 July 1942 |
Time: | morning |
Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 455 Sqn RAAF |
Registration: | P2145 |
MSN: | UB-N |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | HMS Jackdaw, RNAS Crail, Anstruther, Fife, Scotland -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | HMS Jackdaw, RNAS Crail, Anstruther, Fife |
Narrative:Handley Page Hampden Mk.I P2145: Built by English Electric Co., Preston, and issued 15/05/1942 to 455 Squadron, RAAF, Coded UB-N. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 19/07/1942 Crashed on landing at HMS Jackdaw, RNAS Crail, Anstruther, Fife after engine failure. One crew member injured, one killed.
Crew:
403388: Sgt Robert Douglas Wells RAAF (Pilot,aged 25) KIA
401205: Sgt Dawborn 401205 (W/Op) survived but Injured
Sgt Wells is buried in Leuchars Cemetery
Sources:
1.
http://www.adf-serials.com.au/hampden.htm 2.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2457157/wells,-robert-douglas/ 3.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNAS_Crail_(HMS_Jackdaw)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
16-Jul-2018 18:01 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
11-Nov-2018 13:12 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
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