ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209865
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| Date: | Tuesday 31 October 1939 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 50 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L4096 |
| MSN: | VN-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Branston, North Kesteven, near RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Handley Page Hampden Mk.I L4096 ("VN-P"), 50 Squadron, RAF Waddington: Written off (destroyed) 31/10/39 when lost height shortly after night take-off from RAF Waddington, and crashed at Branston, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire (four miles south east of Lincoln). All three crew killed:
Sgt Ralph Sunei Wallace Cordle (Service Number 565161, aged 25) killed
AC.1 Joseph Frank Burge (Service Number 612813, aged 18) killed
AC2 Leonard James Penteny (Service Number 624358, aged 18) killed
Sgt. Cordle is buried at YOXFORD CEMETERY, Suffolk; AC.1 Burge is buried at LIVERPOOL(ANFIELD) CEMETERY, Lancashire; AC.2 Penteny is buried in WADDINGTON (ST. MICHAEL) Churchyard, Lincolnshire
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939a.htm
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2721305/cordle,-ralph-sunei-wallace/
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2411578/burge,-joseph-frank/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2359238/penteny,-leonard-james/
6. 50 Squadron RAF ORB (Air Ministry Form 540) May 1937-December 1940: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2503122
7. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1939-incident-logs
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branston,_Lincolnshire
9. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157580084
10. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32674326/joseph-frank-burge
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 October 1939 | L4080 | 50 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire | |
w/o |
| 11 September 1940 | L4097 | 50 Sqn RAF | 4 | North Sea, Spuikom Dijk, off Ostend, West Flanders |  |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Apr-2018 14:08 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 25-Apr-2018 14:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date] |
| 25-Apr-2018 14:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 31-Oct-2018 14:45 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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