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| Date: | Friday 6 September 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 144 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P4378 |
| MSN: | PL- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Hemswell -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire |
Overshot on return to base and while trying to make a second circuit the bomber stalled and crashed.
Crew:
S/L George Frank LERWILL (37108) - injured (*)
P/O Francis John DRAKE-CARNELL (76599) - killed - East Raynham (St Mary) Churchyard, United Kingdom (**)
Sgt Jonathan Wallace CARTER (740975) - killed - Herne Bay Cemetery, United Kingdom (***)
Sgt William Ian MACKAY (550348) - killed - Lincoln (Canwick Road) Cemetery, United Kingdom
(*) Wrong information on rafcommands about GF LERWILL he was not PoW (on this crash)
(**) Wrong name in Bomber Command Losses (1939-1940) as JW CAITER
(***) Wrong name in Bomber Command Losses (1939-1940) as FJ DRAKE CARRELL
Sources:
1.Bomber Command Losses (1939-1940) WR Chorley, page 107
2.Henk Welting's database (rafcommands.com)
3.CWGC
4.AIR81/15309
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Aug-2025 08:38 | MMR | Added |
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