ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 65873
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| Date: | Sunday 7 September 1941 |
| Time: | 20:55 |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 144 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AE304 |
| MSN: | PL-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Empingham, NE of RAF North Luffenham, Oakham, Rutland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Luffenham, Rutland |
Handley Page Hampden Mk.I AE304 (PL-T) of 144 Squadron, RAF. Lost on combat operations on the evening of 7/9/1941 when aircraft suffered engine failure after takeoff for raid on Berlin and crashed fully loaded at RAF North Luffenham, Oakham, Rutland. The squadron ORB notes that the aircraft crashed on the Empingham to Ketton Road, north east of RAF North Luffenham at 20:55, some three minutes after take off. All four crew were killed:
83264: Pilot Officer Reginald John Roake, RAFVR (pilot, aged 23)
935682: Sgt Bernard Hemmings,RAFVR (Observer, aged 21)
943238: Sgt Eric Horton RAF (Wireless Op/Air Gunner, aged 21)
1154074: Sgt Stanley Eric Taft RAF (Air Gunner, aged 20)
P/O Roake was buried at Godlingsdon Cemetery, Swanage, Dorset' Sgt Hemmings is buried at Wisewood Cemetery, Sheffield. Sgt Horton is buries at St. John The Baptists Churchyard, North Luffenham, and Sgt Taft was buried at Birmingham (Quinton) Cemetery, Warley
Sources:
1. 'The Hampden File' by Harry Moyle (Air Britain, published 1989)
2. https://sheffieldwarmemorials.weebly.com/high-storrs.html
3. https://wartimememoriesproject.com/ww2/allied/royalairforce/sqdview.php?pid=342
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2709593/roake,-reginald-john/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2413854/hemmings,-bernard/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2922210/horton,-eric/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2712007/taft,-stanley-eric/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 October 1941 | AD965 | 144 Sqn RAF | 4 | northern IJsselmeer, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Jun-2009 23:19 | mhstevens | Added |
| 03-Jan-2012 05:55 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Jan-2013 06:43 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 04-Aug-2018 07:40 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Oct-2018 05:41 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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