ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 157528
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| Date: | Friday 6 September 1940 |
| Time: | 04:56 LT |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 144 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P1172 |
| MSN: | PL-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea (Missing - Failed to Return: Target Hamburg) -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Hemswell |
Hampden Mk.I P1172 ("PL-J" of 144 Sqn., RAF); Missing on raid to Hamburg 6 September 1940. P1172 which one of two 144 Squadron Hampdens to be lost (FTR - Failed To Return) on this operation. (The other was P4378). Lost without trace, all four crew MIA/Presumed KIA. According to station records they went down in the North Sea sometime after 04:56 am on morning of the 6th September 1940. At this time the aircraft reported that it was in difficulties, and requested a bearing for home. That was the last contact from P1172; the signal became fainter, and then ceased.
Crew of P1172:
Pilot: Pilot Officer John Edward Newton Clare (Service Number 33492) - KIA
Sgt Charles Owen Clarke (Service Number 745257, aged 20) - KIA
Sgt Walter.Thomson (Service Number 1066764, aged 20) - KIA
Sgt William Leslie Powell (Service Number 641379, aged 19) - KIA
No bodies of any crew members or any traces of wreckage were ever found. All are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
1. Air-Britain: Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000-R9999
2. Departed Warriors: The Story of a Family in War By Jenny Murland,
3. http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/15187.php
4. http://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hampden/P11721940-09-06.html
5. http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/j/e/r/Murland-Jerry/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0097.html
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1077675/newton-clare,-john-edward/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1084498/clarke,-charles-owen/
8. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2619942/thompson,-walter/
9. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1804600/powell,-william-leslie/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 July 1940 | P4366 | 144 Sqn RAF | 4 | Kessel, Horst aan de Maas, Venlo, Limburg |  |
w/o |
| 12 February 1942 | AE141 | 144 Sqn RAF | 1 | Long Valley, Mousehold Heath, near Norwich, Norfolk, England |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Jul-2013 05:17 | JINX | Added |
| 27-Nov-2014 16:01 | Slizack | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 09-Jan-2015 02:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Jul-2018 00:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Jul-2018 19:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location] |
| 17-Oct-2018 05:37 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 03-Feb-2020 20:08 | stehlik49 | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 24-Sep-2020 22:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Country, Phase] |
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