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| Date: | Thursday 15 August 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley B Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 77 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P5044 |
| MSN: | KN- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Eastleigh, Hampshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Driffield, North Yorkshire |
| RAF Driffield, North Yorkshire |
After bombing mission over France the plane flew into balloon barrage cables one mile SE of Eastleigh, killing entire crew.
Crew:
F/O William Alan STENHOUSE (39904) - killed
P/O Robert Butler (Bobbie) MACGREGOR (41856) - killed
Sgt John BURROW (551597) -killed
Sgt Harold DAVIES (632374) - killed
Sgt Claude Lionel Geoffrey HOOD (746840) - killed
Entire crew is buried at Fawley (All Saints) Churchyard, United Kingdom.
Sources:
1.Bomber Command Losses (1939-1940) WR Chorley, page 99
2.Henk Welting's database (rafcommands)
3.AIR81/2597
4.CWGC
5.https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/user/05/u933805.shtml
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Aug-2025 16:38 | MMR | Added |
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