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| Date: | Saturday 10 August 1940 |
| Time: | 22:58 |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 144 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P4368 |
| MSN: | PL-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | IJsselmeer, off Kampen, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire |
Handley Page Hampden Mk.I P4368 (PL-K) of 144 Squadron, RAF. Lost on combat operations on 10/8/40, when crashed in the IJsselmeer near Kampen, Flevoland, Netherlands. (Target: Homberg, Germany). All four crew were killed:
Pilot: Pilot Officer Wiliam Frank TUDHOPE, DFC 41224 RAF Body Washed up at Schokland - buried at Kampen General Cemetery, The Netherlands
Navigator Sgt. Spencer Lewis Smith BELTON, DFM 581261 RAF Runnymede Memorial panel 12
W/Op AG Sgt. Arthur James GRIFFITHS 581384 RAF Runnymede Memorial panel 14
W/Op AG Sgt. Duncan MACKAY 551045 RAF Runnymede Memorial panel 17
On 11/8/40, at the beginning of the Second World War, the Canadian pilot Bill Tudhope of the Royal Air Force lost its life over the Netherlands. His body was washed ashore two weeks later at the southern tip of Schokland. His three crew members and the plane have never been found. Four months later the ring dike of the Noordoostpolder was closed and the island of Schokland became dry land. There have been no drownings since; the last drowning person of Schokland was not a fisherman but an aviator. Tudhope is buried in Kampen.
Sources:
1. http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1940%20sec_tcm5-7281.pdf
2. https://studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/10-11-08-1940-sglo-t0772-handley-page-hampden-mk-i-p4368-pl/
3. https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hampden/21657-P43681940-08-11.html
4. https://www.flevolanderfgoed.nl/home/erfgoed/noordoostpolder-2/vliegtuigwrakken-3/handley-page-hampden-mk-i-p4368.html
5. https://www.omroepflevoland.nl/nieuws/135946/schokland-herdenkingspaal-voor-canadese-piloot-tudhope
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2820535/tudhope,-william-frank/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1083777/belton,-spencer-lewis-smith/
8. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1798886/griffiths,-arthur-james/
9. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1079449/mackay,-duncan/
10. Bomber Command Losses (1939-1940) WR Chorley, page 97
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-Apr-2011 14:35 | Anon. | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 11-Oct-2011 10:25 | Hollestelle | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Oct-2012 10:25 | Hollestelle | Updated [Time, Phase, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Feb-2013 05:35 | Anon. | Updated |
| 30-Jun-2018 21:48 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Oct-2018 05:34 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 14-Jun-2022 07:18 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 05-Aug-2025 15:28 | MMR | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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