ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 196698
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| Date: | Tuesday 26 March 1940 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 44 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L4102 |
| MSN: | KM-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea (Target: Elbe Estuary) -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
During the night of 25-26 March 1940, the Hampden I L4102 (KM-M) of 44 Sqn RAF did not return from a reconnaissance flight to the Elbe Estuary and disappeared in the North Sea with its four crew:
Crew
Pilot: 580191 Sgt Stephen Alfred Williams - Runnymede Memorial Panel 21.
Observer/Bomb Aimer: 566191 Sgt Albert Richard Jones - Runnymede Memorial Panel 16.
Wireless Operator: 581037 Sgt Raymond Wilfred Cross - Runnymede Memorial Panel 13.
Air Gunner: 551348 AC1 Anthony Creighton Hamman - Runnymede Memorial Panel 25.
Sources:
1. "Bomber Command losses, vol 1. Aircraft and Crews lost during 1939-1940", by W R Chorley, ISBN 0-904597-85-7
2. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?21753-Air-81-Trance-4-Part-1-Air-81-1742-to-AIr-81-1999-Now-with-Open-Status
3. https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hampden/28425-RAF10687.html
4, https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1531720/williams,-stephen-alfred/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1802247/jones,-albert-richard/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1799233/hamman,-anthony-creighton/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/231559/cross,-raymond-wilfred/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Jul-2017 06:44 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
| 25-Jun-2018 19:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-May-2022 16:06 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
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