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| Date: | Sunday 21 July 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 61 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P4358 |
| MSN: | QR- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | mud-flats near Wilhelmshaven -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire |
Hit repeatedly by flak and made a crashlanding while the plane burned fiercely on mud-flats near Wilhelmshaven.
Crew:
P/O Alexander Herbert GOULD (40692) - POW
Sgt John Fleming COWAN (743018) - POW
Sgt John Neal PRENDERGRAST (620735) - POW
P/O David Stuart CARNEGIE (77350) - killed - Sage War Cemetery, Germany.
Date of death CARNEGIE according to CWGC 20-07-1940.
Sources:
1. Bomber Command Losses (1939-1940) WR CHORLEY, page 92
2. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=P4358
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-handley-page-hp52-hampden-i-near-wilhelmshaven-1-killed
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2073614/david-stuart-carnegie/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Aug-2025 11:10 | MMR | Added |
| 02-Aug-2025 11:11 | MMR | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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