ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 15772
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| Date: | Monday 22 April 1940 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 44 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L4088 |
| MSN: | KM-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Heiligendamm -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Waddington |
Handley Page Hampden Mk.I L4088 (KM-T) of 44 Squadron, RAF. Lost 22/4/1940 on mine laying sortie in Baltic Sound (Nasturtium Region). Hit by fire from flak-ships near Kiel and crash landed near Heiligendamm, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Rostock, Germany
Crew: All four crew survived - first complete Hampden crew to be captured.
Flt Lt (39509) F.G. Dutton (pilot) RAF PoW No.364.
Sgt J.G. Slowey RAF PoW kept in the Dulag Luft Interogation Centre.
Corporal (623703) William Philip Jeffrey Watson RAF PoW No.13064. Killed by RAF Typhoons strafing column he was marching in 19/04/45 near Gresse, Germany
Corporal (540315) W.R. Davidson RAF PoW No.13110.
Sources:
1. Air Britain RAF Aircraft L1000 - L9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1978 p 23)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/161: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14141940
3. https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hampden/26102-L40881940-04-22.html
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2761375/watson,-william-philip-jeffrey/
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heiligendamm
6. https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/watson-wpj/
7. https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/william-philip-jeffery-watson
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Mar-2008 10:13 | JINX | Added |
| 28-Jun-2008 17:11 | JINX | Updated |
| 01-Jun-2013 16:23 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 08-Jul-2013 05:36 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 27-Nov-2014 16:18 | Xindel X | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 29-Sep-2015 19:59 | sandman56 | Updated [Location] |
| 11-Jun-2017 13:00 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 23-Dec-2017 18:35 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 25-Jun-2018 20:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2018 04:22 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 10-Jun-2019 18:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Apr-2020 18:23 | TB | Updated [Location] |
| 23-Apr-2022 07:13 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
| 05-Jul-2022 10:48 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
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