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| Date: | Sunday 5 January 1941 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 50 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3143 |
| MSN: | VN-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Lindholme, North Yorkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lindholme, North Yorkshire |
| RAF Lindholme |
Handley Page Hampden Mk.I X3143 (VN-Q) of 50 Squadron, RAF Lindholme. Written off (damaged beyond repair) on 2/1/1941 in a landing accident at Lindholme (Target: Bremen). No casualties report among the crew of four. According to the 50 Squadron ORB (Air Ministry Form 540):
"1/2 January 1941
A night bombing mission.
Met report: snow and low cloud across the country.
10 a/c detailed to attack A.2, oil refinery and food stocks at Bremen. Conditions at home base were poor with low cloud and fog down to 600 feet. Hampden Mk.I X3143 (VN-Q) took off at 16:49 on the afternoon of 1/1/1941 from Lindholme, and crashed on landing early in the morning of 2/1/1941 in the snow-covered overshoot area at RAF Lindholme after completing its mission, with landing gear being deliberately raised to halt the aircraft.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Thomas Noel Challoner Burrough RAFVR 84274 : Commission Gazetted Friday 27 September, 1940)
Observer : Pilot Officer Philip Booth Hodgson RAFVR 83725 (NCO:754464 : Commission Gazetted Friday 13 September, 1940)
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Hobson RAF
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Alfred Bryan Brooks DFM RAF 638755
Sgt Brooks's DFM was Gazetted on 23rd September 1941.
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. 50 Squadron RAF ORB January 1941: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8451210
3. https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hampden/25659-X31431941-01-02.html
5. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Jul-2018 21:41 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 12-Nov-2018 19:00 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 30-Mar-2024 15:07 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 15-May-2024 21:43 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
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