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| Date: | Thursday 29 August 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden 1 |
| Owner/operator: | 44 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P4372 |
| MSN: | KM- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wahn -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Waddington |
P4372 took off with other aircraft approx 20:30 with the intent of bombing target A70. Nothing more was heard and the aircraft failed to return.
Crew
P/O Terance Gerard HYNES (41707) - PoW
P/O Cedric Owen DUNKELS (42822) - Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany
Sgt Lewis Henry WAINWRIGHT (581127) - PoW
Sgt Richard Miles WICKER (746715) - PoW
Sgt Wicker
Sgt Wainwright
Sources:
1.Nation Archives Kew 44 Sqdn ORB Record of Events Doc AIR27/447/22 page 32
2.AIR81/2897
3.Bomber Command Losses (1939-1940) WR Chorley, page 104
4.CWGC
5.Henk Welting's database (rafcommands.com)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Oct-2024 19:21 | Peter194 | Added |
| 21-Oct-2024 19:35 | Peter194 | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, ] |
| 27-Oct-2024 07:19 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Operator, ] |
| 28-Oct-2024 10:55 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
| 09-Aug-2025 11:41 | MMR | Updated [Date, Cn, Total fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative, ] |
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