Accident Handley Page Hampden Mk I AT181,
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Date:Saturday 21 February 1942
Time:evening
Type:Handley Page Hampden Mk I
Owner/operator:455 Sqn RAAF
Registration: AT181
MSN: UB-V
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Aircraft missing
Location:Missing -
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Wigsley, Nottinghamshire
Destination airport:RAF Wigsley
Narrative:
Handley Page Hampden Mk.I AT181: Built by English Electric Co., Preston, issued 17/01/1942 To 455 Squadron, RAAF, Coded UB-V.

Lost on combat operations on night of 21-22/02/1942: Lost on Op to Rhine valley. Took off from RAF Wigsley, Tuxford, Nottinghamshire at 18:45 hrs, and failed to return the following morning. Believed shot down by Flak/AAA. No trace of aircraft or crew was ever found.

Crew:
1193594: Sgt John Richard Moody RAF (Pilot, aged 20) KIA
115408: Pilot Officer Arthur Timorthy Daly RAF (Navigator/Bomb Aimer) KIA (NCO:776124, Gazette of 17th February 1842)
400751: Sgt John James Davey (W/Op, aged 24) KIA
407990: Sgt Colin Robert Scott (Air Gunner, aged 31) KIA

Sources:

1. Bomber Command Losses of the Second world War 1942.
2. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/hampden.htm
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1077049/moody,-john-richard/
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/231763/daly,-arthur-timothy/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/231832/davey,-john-james/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2941008/scott,-colin-robert/
7. http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=AT181&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
12 March 1942 P5326 455 Sqn RAAF 1 RAF Wigsley, Tuxford, Nottinghamshire, England. w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
07-Nov-2017 16:26 Red Dragon Added
22-Jul-2018 00:49 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
11-Nov-2018 13:02 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator]
13-Oct-2021 09:00 Rob Davis Updated [Narrative]
14-Feb-2022 13:13 TigerTimon Updated [Date, Time, Other fatalities, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative]
14-Feb-2022 13:14 TigerTimon Updated [[Date, Time, Other fatalities, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative]]

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