ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202504
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| Date: | Tuesday 14 April 1942 |
| Time: | 22:15 |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 144 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AT110 |
| MSN: | PL- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Felpham Sussex -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Luffenham, Rutland |
On a mission to attack shipping and the docks at Le Havre. An eye witness reported seeing the aircraft with an engine on fire. Crashed outbound at Felpham between Bognor Regis and Middleton-on-Sea Sussex.
Crew
Pilot: 1283606 Sgt Stanley Wilson Charles Culmer - West Wickham(St John The Baptist)Churchyard Kent
Navigator: 925007 Sgt Ronald Edward George Nation - Bristol(Canford) Cemetery Sec. Q. Grave 94.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 951362 Sgt James Aitken Hutchison - North Berwick Cemetery East Lothian Sec. D. Grave 1660.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1112428 Sgt Dennis Manning - Stoak(St Laurence)Churchyard Cheshire Row 4. Grave 2.
Sources:
Flypast Magazine
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 March 1940 | L4137 | 144 Sqn RAF | 3 | Scotter, near Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England | |
w/o |
| 10 April 1941 | X3066 | 144 Sqn RAF | 4 | 2 km SW of Neeroeteren, Maaseik, Limburg |  |
w/o |
| 17 April 1941 | AD761 | 144 Sqn RAF | 3 | 2 miles ENE of RAF Hemswell, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England | |
w/o |
| 7 July 1941 | AD871 | 144 Sqn RAF | 4 | North Sea |  |
mis |
| 31 January 1942 | AE359 | 144 Sqn RAF | 1 | Aircraft ditched. Survivors spent some 20 hours in their dinghy. | |
unk |
| 12 February 1942 | AT175 | 144 Sqn RAF | 5 | North Sea |  |
mis |
| 2 April 1942 | AD959 | 144 Sqn RAF | 3 | Groß Roscharden, Lastrup, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
| 6 April 1942 | AT226 | 144 Sqn RAF | 0 | Grendon Underwood Bombing Range 10 miles WNW of Aylesbury. | |
w/o |
| 11 April 1942 | AT187 | 144 Sqn RAF | 3 | Wrights Farm Holbeach Lincolnshire | |
w/o |
| 11 April 1942 | AT218 | 144 Sqn RAF | 3 | near Kühhude, Bad Berleburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Dec-2017 18:02 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 17-Oct-2018 05:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
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