ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 215967
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| Date: | Monday 30 October 1939 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 144 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L4167 |
| MSN: | PL-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near RAF Doncaster, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Doncaster, South Yorkshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hampden L4167 was built to contract 549267/36 by Handley Page Ltd at Radlett and was delivered to 7 Squadron at Finningley in April 1939. It was transferred to 144 Squadron at Hemswell later in 1939 and sustained Cat.W/FA On 30th October 1939 when the crew on this 144 Squadron aircraft were undertaking a training flight when they overshot a night landing at Doncaster airfield damaging the aircraft. Crew of three were uninjured'
Pilot - P/O William Frank Tudhope RAF (41224).
WOp/Air Gunner - AC2 E Ross.
Air Gunner - AC2 H MacDougal.
Sources:
1. http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/york39/l4167.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 31 July 1941 | AD784 | 144 Sqn RAF | 4 | North Sea off Haamstede, Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Oct-2018 20:34 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
| 02-Oct-2018 20:34 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 17-Oct-2018 05:31 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 07-Jul-2023 20:53 | Nepa | Updated [[Operator, Destination airport, Operator]] |
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