ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 212962
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| Date: | Wednesday 11 September 1940 |
| Time: | 00:00 LT |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 50 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L4097 |
| MSN: | VN-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, Spuikom Dijk, off Ostend, West Flanders -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lindholme, North Yorkshire |
| RAF Lindholme, North Yorkshire |
Handley Page Hampden Mk.I L4097 (VN-P), 50 Squadron, RAF Lindholme. Lost on combat operations on the night of 10-10/9/1940. According to the squadron diary (ORB, Air Ministry Form 540) for the period:
"10/11 September- OSTEND
This evening, two aircraft, L4097 and P4408 took off at 19.56 hours to bomb barges at Ostend harbour. The crew of P4408 could not locate the target due to dense cloud and instead bombed a target of opportunity - rolling stock in a marshalling yard - on the return leg.
Hampden L4097 (VN-P) failed to return and nothing more was heard from this crew after the W/T call ‘GO’ was made. Believed to have been shot down by flak/AAA and crashed into the North Sea, Spuikom Dijk off Oostende, all four crew perished;
632830 Sgt. Reginald Halls, Age 20, and
635088 Sgt. William Aubrey Johnson
Were never found, and are commemorated at Runnymede; they are missing to this day. Possibly they jumped above the sea with their parachutes, and drowned. While
40059 Flight Lt. Robert James Reed RAAF and
42889 Pilot Officer Peter William Roylance RAF
They were temporarily buried on the Spuikom, but on 10 January 1941 they were transferred to the cemetery on the Stuiverstraat.
Sources:
1. http://www.no-50-and-no-61-squadrons-association.co.uk/app/download/5802508903/50+SQUADRON+ORB+1939+1943+Revision+1.pdf
2. https://www.luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/hampden-l4097-te-bredene
3. https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hampden/25732-L40971940-09-11.html
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1799182/halls,-reginald/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1802174/johnson,-william-aubrey/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2082062/reed,-robert-james/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2082072/roylance,-peter-william/
8. https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/handley-page-hampden-aircraft-l4097-219379934
9. https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spuikom (Netherlands text)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 October 1939 | L4080 | 50 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |  |
w/o |
| 31 October 1939 | L4096 | 50 Sqn RAF | 3 | Branston, North Kesteven, near RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire | |
w/o |
| 30 May 1941 | AD867 | 50 Sqn RAF | 2 | Hale Hill Farm, Hale Hill Lane, Hatfield, Doncaster, South Yorkshire | |
w/o |
| 25 July 1941 | AE234 | 50 Sqn RAF | 4 | 400 yards NNW of Stapleford, Thurlby, nr RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire | |
w/o |
| 14 January 1942 | AE431 | 50 Sqn RAF | 4 | Missing |  |
mis |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jul-2018 22:19 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 07-Jul-2018 21:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2018 19:11 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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