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| Date: | Friday 6 September 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 49 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P4350 |
| MSN: | EA-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Pas de Calais (Strait of Dover) -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire |
Returning after mission. For reasons unknown the plane came down in the water. Crew survived and were taken prisoner.
Crew:
F/L John Dew HASKINS (39733) - PoW
P/O Julius Victor SILVERSTON (79220) - PoW
Sgt Ronald CARTWRIGHT (619188) - PoW
Sgt William Lloyd EVANS (745630) - PoW
Sources:
1.Bomber Command Losses (1939-1940) WR Chroley, page 107
2.Henk Welting's database (rafcommands)
3.AIR81/15323
4.https://www.49squadron.co.uk/personnel_index/detail/Haskins_JD
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Aug-2025 08:06 | MMR | Added |
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