Incident Handley Page Hampden Mk I X3057,
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Date:Monday 9 March 1942
Time:00:22 LT
Type:Handley Page Hampden Mk I
Owner/operator:49 Sqn RAF
Registration: X3057
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Unknown
Location:RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Taxi
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Scampton
Destination airport:
Narrative:
This aircraft was damaged when the pilot selected wheels up instead of flaps up on the runway immediately prior to take-off for an operational sortie.

Pilot P/O RA Newmarch (Rhodesian) and his crew were unhurt.

Sources:

http://www.bcar.org.uk/new1942-incident-logs

Revision history:

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02-Mar-2022 18:59 TigerTimon Added

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