ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 229259
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| Date: | Wednesday 12 June 1940 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 44 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P1325 |
| MSN: | KM-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lestrem, near Le Paradis (Pas de Calais), 8 km N of Béthune -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Handley Page Hampden Mk.I P1325 (KM-B) 44 Sqaudron, RAF: Written off when lost (Failed to Return) from combat operations over Northern France. All four crew killed. According to the official Air Ministry file into the incident (File AIR 81/861): "Hampden P1325 crashed near Calais, France, 12 June 1940. Sergeant W Jeffrey, Sergeant J F Sandall, Sergeant C L Sumpster and Temporary Sergeant J Simpson: report of deaths".
Airborne from RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire on the night of 11-12 June 1940. Crashed at Lestrem, near Le Paradis (Pas de Calais), 8 km N of Béthune, France. No survivors among the crew of four.
Crew of Hampden P1325:
Flight Sergeant (Pilot) Cyril L. Sumpster, RAF 564422, age 26, killed in action 12/06/1940
Sergeant (Pilot) William Jeffrey, RAF 564866, age 27, killed in action 12/06/1940
Sergeant Jack F. Sandall, RAF 516159, age 28, killed in action 12/06/1940
Sergeant James Simpson, RAF 526079, age 25, killed in action 12/06/1940,
All four crew fatalities were buried at Le Paradis War Cemetery, Lestrem, Pas de Calais, France. The reported crash location of Lestrem is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France, some 8 miles (12.9 km) north of Béthune and 19 miles (30.6 km) west of Lille, by the banks of the Lawe River, at approximate Coordinates: 50°37′23″N 2°41′09″E
Le Paradis War Cemetery is the cemetery where 95 officers and men of the 2nd Battalion Royal Norfolk
Regiment rest, who were murdered by No. 4 Company of the 1st Battalion of the 2nd S.S. Totenkopf (Deathshead) Regiment, on 27/05/1940.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000-P9999 (James J. Halley Air Britain, 1978 p 7)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/861: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502507
3. http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=236
4. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/44_squadron.html#111206
5. http://www.aviastar.org/air/england/handley_hampden.php
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2279658/sumpster,-cyril-leslie/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2279607/jeffrey,-william/
8. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2279646/sandall,-jack-francis/
9. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2279647/simpson,-james/
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lestrem
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Sep-2019 18:11 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 24-Sep-2019 13:13 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 27-Jun-2022 09:45 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
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