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| Date: | Monday 4 November 1940 |
| Time: | 05:00 |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L4093 |
| MSN: | OL-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sea off Spurn Head -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire |
Took off from RAF Scampton for a bombermission to Kiel, Germany. Plane was hit by flak at 05:00hrs and crashed in the sea. The bodies of Clare Arthur CONNOR (DFC) and Ronald NORRIS where picked up by HMS Vivien.
Crew:
40892 P/O Clare Arthur CONNOR (DFC) - killed - Brattleby (St Cuthbert) Churchyard, United Kingdom
653464 Sgt James William Chesterton GIBSON - missing believed killed - Runnymede Memorial panel 14
751289 Sgt Ronald NORRIS - killed - Scampton (St John The Baptist) Churchyard, United Kingdom
581045 Sgt Geoffry Harry STUBBINGS - missing believed killed - Runnymede Memorial panel 20
Sources:
1.Bomber Command Losses (1939-1940)
2.AIR81/4097
3.CWGC
4.https://caspir.warplane.com/personnel/unit-search/p/600003870
5.https://war-graves.scamptonchurch.org.uk/ronald-norris-grave-22/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Aug-2025 17:09 | MMR | Added |
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