Accident Handley Page Hampden Mk I AE320,
ASN logo
ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 213899
 
This information is added by users of ASN. Neither ASN nor the Flight Safety Foundation are responsible for the completeness or correctness of this information. If you feel this information is incomplete or incorrect, you can submit corrected information.

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
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Pellingen, Trier-Saarburg, Rhineland-Pfalz -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
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/

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
26 July 1940 P1321 50 Sqn RAF 4 Happisburgh Beach, near Cromer, Norfolk w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
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]

Corrections or additions? ... Edit this accident description

The Aviation Safety Network is an exclusive service provided by:
Quick Links:

CONNECT WITH US: FSF on social media FSF Facebook FSF Twitter FSF Youtube FSF LinkedIn FSF Instagram

©2024 Flight Safety Foundation

1920 Ballenger Av, 4th Fl.
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
www.FlightSafety.org