ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 243104
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| Date: | Sunday 27 October 1940 |
| Time: | 23:30 approx |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 49 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3027 |
| MSN: | EA-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea within a mile of the Skegness coast; Lincolnshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire |
Operation - Hamburg, Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was intercepted by night fighter pilot Leutnant Heinz Völker of the 2./NJG 2, who was flying from Gilze-Rijen airfield in the Netherlands. The pilot managed courageously to ditch his doomed Hampden in the sea, within a mile of the Skegness coast.
Despite the proximity of the ditching to the foreshore (it is said that the men's call for help could be heard from Skegness seafront) the rescue services were unable to reach the crew in time and tragically all perished; the body of P/O Ballas-Anderson was never recovered:
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer John Raymond Bufton RAFVR 74328 [Killed] (NCO:741610 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 03 October, 1939)
Observer : Pilot Officer Konstantine Ballas-Andersen RAF 42688 [Killed] (Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 03 October, 1939)
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Frederick James William Bichard RAF 650625 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Robert Forrest Robertson RAFVR 751021 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=X3027
http://www.49squadron.co.uk/personnel_index/detail/Bufton_J
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 July 1941 | AD739 | 49 Sqn RAF | 4 | North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk, England | |
mis |
| 10 April 1942 | AT190 | 49 Sqn RAF | 2 | Bottrop-Nord, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Sep-2020 10:04 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 27-Oct-2023 06:37 | Rob Davis | Updated |
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