Accident Handley Page Hampden Mk I P1239 ,
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Date:Monday 13 April 1942
Time:00:32 claim
Type:Handley Page Hampden Mk I
Owner/operator:420 (City of London) Sqn RCAF
Registration: P1239
MSN: PT-Y
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Aircraft missing
Location:North Sea N of Terschelling, Friesland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:Essen, Germany
Narrative:
Claimed by Oblt Helmut Lent Stab II./NJG2 - North Sea north of Terschelling at 00:32.

Crew
978882 Sgt Japhet Salmon - Runnymede Memorial Panel 93
778348 Flt Sgt Ronald Johnson - Runnymede Memorial 75
1154913 Sgt Cyril John Edmond Butler Runnymede Memorial Panel 79.
755913 Flt Sgt Robert Hammond Black - Runnymede Memorial Panel 73.

Sources:

Nachtjagd War Diaries Volume 1 - Dr Theo Boiten
Commonwealth Grave Commission
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of World War Two 1942 - W R Chorley

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
03-Dec-2017 23:01 Red Dragon Added
03-Dec-2017 23:01 Red Dragon Updated [Operator]
03-Dec-2017 23:18 Red Dragon Updated [Operator]
09-Oct-2018 20:03 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]
05-Feb-2020 15:00 stehlik49 Updated [Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Operator]
17-Apr-2020 19:23 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Destination airport]
17-Apr-2020 19:24 TigerTimon Updated [Destination airport]
20-Jun-2022 02:19 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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