Accident Handley Page Hampden Mk I X3127,
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Date:Saturday 9 August 1941
Time:02:00 LT
Type:Handley Page Hampden Mk I
Owner/operator:61 Sqn RAF
Registration: X3127
MSN: QR-
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Revensdorf, Lindau, Schleswig-Holstein -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF North Luffenham, Rutland
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 22:18 hrs for an operation to Kiel in Schleswig-Holstein.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights during the bombing run and hit by heavy & light Marine Flak.

For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=X3127
Google Maps

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
30 June 1940 P4341 61 Sqn RAF 4 between Schipluiden and Abtswoude, Delft, Zuid-Holland w/o
10 February 1941 P4409 61 Sqn RAF 4 Bluestone Plantation, near Cawston, Norfok, England w/o

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