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| Date: | Thursday 14 November 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 61 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P4396 |
| MSN: | QR- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Sea off Heligoland -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire |
Operation to Hamburg, Germany. Hit by flak and it is presumed to have crashed into the sea off Heligoland.
Crew:
42848 P/O John Graham LANGFORD - missing believed killed - Runnymede Memorial panel 9
43280 P/O Colin Deans CHAPMAN - missing believed killed - Runnymede Memorial panel 7
968588 Sgt Clarence Edward RUSSELL - missing believed killed - Runnymede Memorial panel 19
755604 Sgt Robert SINCLAIR - missing believed killed - Runnymede Memorial panel 19
Sources:
1. AIR81/4201
2. CWGC
3. Bomber Command Losses (1939-1940) WR Chorley, page 129
4. https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/missing-in-action-sergeants-sinclair-1940-1941.93454/
5. chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.cranwellian-ian.com/ewExternalFiles/CranwellianMany1.0.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Aug-2025 15:41 | MMR | Added |
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