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| Date: | Thursday 27 February 1941 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3124 |
| MSN: | OL-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Derrington Cross, Staffordshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire |
On 27/2/1941, Handley Page Hampden X3124 (OL-H) of 83 Squadron, Scampton, flew into the ground at Derrington Cross, Staffordshire whilst on a bombing mission to Koln. Aircraft departed RAF Scampton at 21.50 local time. The Hampden strayed from its intended track and crashed into high ground.
Crew:-
Pilot : Wing Commander William Waters Stainthorpe AFC RAF 26214 [Killed]
Pilot / Navigator : Pilot Officer Andrew McDougall Melville RAF 82707 (NCO:740941 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 20 August, 1940) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Leslie Emmerson RAFVR 936208 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Douglas Vincent Weaving RAFVR 755301 [Killed]
Sources:
1. http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/nwcrashes1938-1941.htm
2. https://www.facebook.com/derringtonvillage/posts/in-1942-a-bomber-crashed/254481131403309/
3. https://www.aviationartprints.com/airframe_data.php?FrameID=25256
5. https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hampden/23888-X31241941-02-27.html
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2358905/stainthorpe,-william-waters/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2706330/melville,-andrew-mcdougall/
8. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2409140/emmerson,-leslie/
9. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2432471/weaving,-douglas-vincent/
10. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Jul-2018 22:31 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 27-Jul-2018 20:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Other fatalities, ] |
| 11-Nov-2018 12:09 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 26-Feb-2024 08:02 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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