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| Date: | Sunday 29 September 1940 |
| Time: | 23:30 |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 49 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P2134 |
| MSN: | EA-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Haigh, Near Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Scampton |
Handley Page Ha mpden Mk.I P2135 (EA-H) of 49 Squadron, RAF. Written off (destroyed) 29/9/1940 when the aircraft was on a cross-country flight when it lost height in a turn and hit high ground at Haigh, near Wakefield, West Yorkshire (at approximate co ordinates 53.602°N 1.558°W)
Crew:
745724 Sgt Frederick Norman Colin Catley (pilot) RAF killed
42635 Sgt Michael Ivor Nichols (observer) RAF killed
905660 Sgt Bertram Victor Hastie (wop/air gunner) RAF killed
Haigh is a small village which located both in South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire, England. Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire, it lies half in the Wakefield district and half in the Barnsley district. It is believed that Hampden P2134 crashed in the "Wakefield side" of the village
Sources:
1. http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/raaf-burials-in-europe.7284/page-29
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haigh,_West_Yorkshire
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2358854/catley,-frederick-norman-colin/
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2720570/nichols,-michael-ivor/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2358869/hastie,-bertram-victor/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Aug-2008 01:11 | Anon. | Added |
| 05-Jul-2011 11:33 | ckolonko | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Jun-2015 21:49 | AlLah | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Jul-2018 18:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Oct-2018 20:14 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 19-May-2024 11:18 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator, ] |
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