ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 22475
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| Date: | Monday 5 August 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 61 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P4357 |
| MSN: | QR-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, near Skipsea Ranges, off Bridlington, East Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire |
Handley Page Hampden Mk.I P4357 (QR-P) of 61 Sqaudron, RAF Hemswell: Lost 5/8/40: The aircraft was on an air firing practice exercise when it suffered an engine failure and then dived into the North Sea near the Skipsea Ranges, off Bridlington, East Yorkshire. One of the crew of three was killed:
Crew
Sgt H S Blakeman pilot (injured),
Sgt J L Shardlow air gunner (injured),
Sgt George Hugh McCrory air gunner (Service Number 580666, aged 19, killed)
Sources:
1. Air-Britain: Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000-R9999
2. https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hampden/30292-RAF12554.html
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1079218/mccrory,-george-hugh/
4. https://www.ancientfaces.com/person/george-hugh-mccrory/164506048
5. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showpost.php?p=200847&postcount=10
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 August 1940 | P4324 | 61 Sqn RAF | 0 | Vliehors Sandbank, Vlieland, Friesland |  |
min |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Aug-2008 01:36 | Anon. | Added |
| 16-Feb-2012 01:06 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 18-Jul-2012 12:32 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 09-Aug-2013 11:24 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 30-Jun-2018 21:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 09:06 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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