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| Date: | Tuesday 8 April 1941 |
| Time: | 00:43 LT |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 14 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | P2092 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | railway line at Little Bytham, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Cottesmore, Rutland |
Airborne from Cottesmore on a night practise-bombing sortie.
Around 00:43 local time, the aircraft was shot up by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Hans Hahn of the 3./NJG 2, who was flying a Ju 88C from Gilze-Rijen airfield, the Netherlands. The aircraft crash-landed straddling the main east coast railway line.
Crew:
Sgt R.J. Holborow - killed
P/O W.E. Cochrane - killed
Sgt W.J. Cunningham - killed
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
http://www.bcar.org.uk/new1941-incident-logs
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Apr-2019 13:01 | TigerTimon | Added |
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