Accident Handley Page Hampden AJ993,
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Date:Sunday 19 September 1943
Time:08:13
Type:Handley Page Hampden
Owner/operator:Royal Airforce
Registration: AJ993
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Aircraft missing
Location:Juan de Fuca Strait, B.C. -   Canada
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Patricia Bay (now Victoria International)
Destination airport:Patricia Bay (now Victoria International)
Narrative:
Hampden Mark I aircraft of No.32 Operational Training Unit, Patricia Bay, British Columbia, Canada Command, which set out on a Navigation Exercise over the sea, near Vancouver Island, at a height of 500 feet. At 08.13 hours, during bad weather (fog and rain), the aircraft was observed to dive into the sea from a turn, whilst flying at approximately 400 feet. One RAF member and three RCAF crew members, were reported missing and his death was presumed to have occurred on 19 September 1943.

Sources:

U.K. Ministry of Defence records and family history.

Revision history:

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