ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 15885
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| Date: | Friday 24 May 1940 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 44 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L4171 |
| MSN: | KM-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Broichweiden, Würselen, near Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Handley Page Hampden L4171 (KM-Z) 44 squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) when lost (failed to return) from a combat operation on the night of 23-24 May 1940. All four crew on board were killed. According to the official Air Ministry file on the incident (File AIR 81/525): "Hampden L4171 crashed at Aachen, Germany, 24 May 1940. Corporal W Crook, Sergeant H G Collins, Pilot Officer D C Barker, Acting Squadron Leader C E Johnson - report of deaths".
The aircraft took off from RAF Waddington for operations against communications and rail networks in Germany in support of the BEF (British Expeditionary Force). It was hit by flak/AAA and crashed at Broichweiden, Würselen, near Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (at approximate Coordinates: 50°49'30 "N, 6°9' 56"E). All of the four crew were killed and were buried at Rheinberg War Cemetery.
The crew were initially buried in Aachen Ehrenfriedhof.
Reinterred 17 April 1947.
Crew
Pilot: 37290 Sqn Ldr Charles Edward Johnson - Rheinberg War Cemetery Plot 5 Row E Grave 24.
Observer/Bomb Aimer: 42043 Plt Off David Conquest Barker - Rheinberg War Cemetery Plot 5 Row E Grave 22.
Wireless Operator: 517528 Sgt Harold George Collins - Rheinberg War Cemetery Plot 5 Row E Grave 23.
Air Gunner: 532528 Cpl William Crook - Rheinberg War Cemetery Plot 5 Row E Grave 25.
Sources:
1. Air-Britain: Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1978 p 24)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/525: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502146
3. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/44_squadron.html#2324
4. http://www.isle-of-wight-memorials.org.uk/people_2_b/barker_dc.htm
5. http://aircrewremembered.com/johnson-charles-edward.html
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2047689/johnson,-charles-edward/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2042336/barker,-david-conquest/
8. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2042747/collins,-harold-george/
9. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2042822/crook,-william/
10. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broichweiden
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 March 1941 | X2918 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 0 | Bovensbos, Helden, Limburg |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Mar-2008 12:03 | JINX | Added |
| 01-Jun-2013 16:25 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jul-2013 05:37 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source] |
| 27-Nov-2014 16:21 | Digger | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 11-Jun-2017 13:03 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 23-Dec-2017 17:56 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 29-Jun-2018 19:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2018 04:23 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 10-Aug-2019 23:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Jun-2022 17:50 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 24-Jun-2022 22:36 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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