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| Date: | Wednesday 11 September 1940 |
| Time: | early |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk1 |
| Owner/operator: | 44 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P1338 |
| MSN: | KM- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington |
| RAF Waddington |
P1338 left Waddington at 19:30 with other aircraft to bomb the liners 'Bremen' and 'Europa' but failed to return.
Crew:
43143 F/L Thomas Laidlaw Scott SMYTHE DFC - killed
79554 P/O Stanley Cuthbert WISE - killed
76007 F/O Wilfred Francis Ernest COOMBES - killed
965067 Sgt William Henry JONES - killed
Enitre crew is buried at Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany.
Sources:
1.National Archives Kew ORB Record of Events doc AIR27/447/24 page 10
2.Bomber Command Losses (1939-1940) WR Chorley, page 110
3.CWGC
4.AIR81/3225
5.Henk Welting's database (rafcommands.com)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Oct-2024 10:13 | Peter194 | Added |
| 11-Aug-2025 15:43 | MMR | Updated [Date, Cn, Total fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
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