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| Date: | Monday 21 October 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 44 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P2137 |
| MSN: | KM-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hasenheide -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
P2137 left Waddington for Berlin with six other aircraft for target H41 and failed to return. Shot down at Hasenheide near Berlin.
Crew:
741985 Sgt Charles Willian HARTOP - killed
745425 Sgt Cecil Vernon STUBBS - killed
969978 Sgt Russell Gordon BENNETT - killed
652446 Sgt Richard Lindsle MILBOURNE - killed
Entire crew is buried at the Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Germany.
Sources:
1.National Archives Kew 44 Sqdn ORB Record of Events doc AIR27/447/26 page 14
2.Bomber Command Losses (1939-1940) WR Chorley, page 121
3.AIR81/3870
4.CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Oct-2024 12:08 | Peter194 | Added |
| 27-Oct-2024 07:18 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
| 19-Aug-2025 15:48 | MMR | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
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