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| Date: | Thursday 21 December 1939 |
| Time: | 15:30 |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 44 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L4089 |
| MSN: | KM- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sea off North Berwick, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington |
| RAF Waddington |
Shot down by Spitfires from 602 Squadron. Crew were rescued by a local fishing boat.
Crew:
P/O RJ SANSOME
Sgt EL FARRANDS
Sgt HR MOYLE
AC1 J LYTTLE
In 1989 Sgt. Harry Moyle wrote a book called 'The Hampden File' and is regarded as the definitive work on the Hampden Bomber.
Sources:
1. Bomber Command Losses (1939-1940) WR Chorley, page 27
2. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=L4089
3. https://www.amazon.nl/-/en/Harry-Moyle/dp/0851301282
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 February 1940 | L4153 | 44 Sqn RAF | 0 | 3 miles south of Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England | |
w/o |
| 29 July 1940 | P4375 | 44 Sqn RAF | 1 | Hamburg |  |
w/o |
| 29 August 1940 | P4372 | 44 Sqn RAF | 1 | Wahn | |
w/o |
| 11 September 1940 | P1338 | 44 Sqn RAF | 4 | |
mis | |
| 12 September 1940 | X2913 | 44 Sqn RAF | 4 | Sea off Bremerhaven | |
w/o |
| 17 September 1940 | P2121 | 44 Sqn RAF | 4 | Kallo |  |
mis |
| 15 November 1940 | X2996 | 44 Sqn RAF | 4 | RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, England | |
w/o |
| 13 June 1941 | AE127 | 44 Sqn RAF | 1 | North Sea 100 km W of Texel, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Jul-2025 09:55 | MMR | Added |
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