Date:	Wednesday 14 August 1940
Time:	night
Type:	Handley Page Hampden Mk I
Owner/operator:	44 Sqn RAF
Registration:	P2077
MSN:	KM-H
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Valom, Uithuizen, Groningen prv -   Netherlands
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Handley Page Hampden Mk.I P2077 ("KM-H") of 44 Squadron, RAF Waddington. Lost on combat operations on night of 14/8/1940 when hit by Flak/AAA and crashed at Valom north of Uithuizen, Groningen, Netherlands.

Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Hubert Percival Clarke DFC RAF 42106 [PoW]
Observer : Sergeant Frederick Michael Wilkes RAF 590761 [PoW]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Gerald Edgar Harris RAF 581178 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Johnny L Brooks RAF 751661 [PoW]

1. http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1940%20sec_tcm5-7281.pdf
2. https://studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/13-14-08-1940-sglo-t0779-handley-page-hampden-mk-i-p2077-km/
3. https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hampden/30411-RAF12673.html
4. Photo of P2077 after crash: http://www.sbap.be/museum/waddington/waddington.htm
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?15518-RAF-Casualty-Packs-1939-45-Public-Access/page3
6. Public Record Office, National Airchives, Kew (File AIR 81/1389)
7. http://wo2-hoekschewaard.nl/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/register19401.pdf
8. https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?60076-Crashed-RAF-bomber-Ockenburg&p=965396#post965396
9. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-Dec-2008 11:45	ASN archive	Added
25-Jun-2018 21:13	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
30-Oct-2018 04:24	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator, ]
21-Apr-2020 19:27	TigerTimon	Updated [Other fatalities, Location, ]
14-Jun-2022 08:22	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, ]
14-Jun-2022 08:47	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, ]
12-Apr-2025 06:34	Rob Davis	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]