ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 208252
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| Date: | Thursday 20 April 1939 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 144 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L4136 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sunk Island, Holderness, near Hull, East Yorkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hemswell, Linolnshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Handley Page Hampden L4136: Written off (destroyed) 20/4/39 when crashed into a dyke, Sunk Island, Holderness, near Hull, East Yorkshire. Pilot - Pilot Officer Charles Edward Jones (Canadian, aged 26) - was killed. According to the official Air Ministry announcement in "Flight" magazine (April 27, 1939 page 423 - see link #5):
"FLYING ACCIDENTS
P/O Charles Edward Jones (flying solo) lost his life in an accident which occurred near Hull on April 20 to an aircraft of No. 144 Squadron".
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939.htm
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunk_Island
4. Bomber crash at Sunk Island The Hull Times, Hull, 22.4.39 page 2
5. https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1939/1939%20-%201232.PDF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Mar-2018 21:39 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 26-Mar-2018 22:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Oct-2018 05:30 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 07-Jul-2023 20:47 | Nepa | Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
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