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| Date: | Sunday 21 July 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 61 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P4343 |
| MSN: | QR- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wilhelmshaven harbour -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire |
Night 20-21 july 1940. Mission to lay mines off Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
Hit by flak and crashed into the haven.
Crew:
P/O Dudley Hamilton DAVIS (43146) - POW
P/O Maurice Roy TAGG (42541) - killed - Sage War Cemetery, Germany
Sgt Frederic Stanley WATLHO (633350) - killed - Sage War Cemetery, Germany
Sgt Andrew McNab COCKBURN (638760) - killed - Sage War Cemetery, Germany
According to AIR81/1170 the date of crash is 21-07-1940 altough the CWGC has date of dead for the three killed crewmembers as 20-07-1940.
Sources:
1. Bomber Command Losses (1939-1940) WR Chorley, page 92
2. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-handley-page-hp52-hampden-i-wilhelmshaven-3-killed
3. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/pows/index.php?qname=&qnum=&qdate=1940-07-20&tdate=&qunit=&srname=&serialno=&srnum=&qmem=&qt=&submit=Search
4. CWGC
5. AIR81/1170
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Aug-2025 10:45 | MMR | Added |
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