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| Date: | Tuesday 26 August 1941 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 50 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AE320 |
| MSN: | VN-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Pellingen, Trier-Saarburg, Rhineland-Pfalz -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire |
25/26 August 1941
Mission- MANNHEIM
Fourteen aircraft were tasked to bomb MANNHEIM. One aircraft, AE320, Failed To Return, and all four crew aboard perished. Aircraft crashed at Pellingen, a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, 9 km South of Trier (at approximate co ordinates: 49°40'29"N, 6°40'16"E). Crew were:
935316 Sgt. Richard James Fisher, RAFVR (pilot)
61986 P/O Roy Frederick Benson Temperley, RAFVR (Navigator/bomb aimer, aged 20)
1252534 Sgt. Kenneth Fyvie, RAF VR (WOp/Air Gunner aged 20)
921994 Sgt. Lionel Ronald Eames Sciville, RAFVR (WOp/Air Gunner aged 25)
All the crew are buried together in Rheinberg War cemetery, Kamp Lintfort, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Note however that all these men have been moved from original graves to Rheinberg as the cemetery opened in 1946. .
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 (Air Ministry Form 540) for 1941: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2503123
3. http://www.bomber-command.info/c50hamloss.htm
4. https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hampden/25723-AE3201941-08-26.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pellingen
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2043092/fisher,-richard-james/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2032971/temperley,-roy-frederick-benson/
8. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2043165/fyvie,-kenneth/
9. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2032690/sciville,-lionel-ronald-eames/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Jul-2018 19:55 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 12-Nov-2018 20:39 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 29-Oct-2019 11:31 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, ] |
| 05-Nov-2019 16:27 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 05-Jul-2022 02:37 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 25-Aug-2022 06:44 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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