ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 200575
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| Date: | Thursday 15 January 1942 |
| Time: | 00:45 |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 144 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AE441 |
| MSN: | PL-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Field Dalling, North of RAF Langham, Norfolk -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Luffenham, Oakham, Rutland |
| RAF Langham, Norfolk |
While returning from a bombing raid on Hamburg in the early hours of 15/1/1942, the Hampden ran out of fuel and was trying to make an emergency landing at RAF Langham in North Norfolk, when it hit a chimney stack at Field Dalling, just short of the runway, at 00:45 hours. The plane was a write-off but all four crew members escaped serious injury.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant William John Wesley Kingston RAF 70366 (Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 12 September, 1939)
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Alfred Gibson RAF 1350225
Crew : Sergeant Robert Cecil William De Courcy RAFVR 1255048
Crew : Sergeant Joseph Arthur Tobin RAFVR 931607
Sources:
1. http://www.bomber-command.info/c144hamloss.htm
2. https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/38/a4076138.shtml
3. https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hampden/21643-AE4411942-01-15.html
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Langham
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_Dalling
6. Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
7. http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=AE441&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
8. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 May 1941 | AD900 | 144 Sqn RAF | 2 | Streekweg Hoogkarspel, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 24 February 1942 | X2969 | 144 Sqn RAF | 4 | North Sea N of Terschelling, Friesland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Oct-2017 13:12 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 25-Dec-2017 08:49 | XindelX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 08-Aug-2018 18:49 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Oct-2018 05:44 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 10-Jan-2022 19:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Dec-2023 15:15 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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