ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 213153
This information is added by users of ASN. Neither ASN nor the Flight Safety Foundation are responsible for the completeness or correctness of this information.
If you feel this information is incomplete or incorrect, you can submit corrected information.
| Date: | Wednesday 11 December 1940 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 50 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3117 |
| MSN: | VN-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Trier (Treves), Eifel District (Rhl.-Pfalz) -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lindholme, North Yorkshire |
10/11 December 1940
Six aircraft set out to bomb an industrial port at Mannheim. X3117 took off from RAF Lindholme at 22.40 hours on 10/11/1940. Due to bad weather and severe icing, no aircraft bombed the target and X3117 failed to return. Despite a daylight search of the North Sea by two Hampdens and an Anson, no trace of the aircraft or crew was found:
40234 Flying Officer Eric Beck Squibs Liddell (Pilot),
652440 Sgt. Alfred Stanley Atkinson (Observer)
43278 WOP/Air Gunner, Pilot Officer Ronald George Ash and
1755215 WOP/Air Gunner, Sgt. Eric McConnell
However, later, the crew remains were recovered and they now rest at RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany in a ‘collective’grave. The aircraft is believed to have been shot down by Flak/AAA and crashed near Trier (Treves), in the Eifel District, North Western Germany at approximate Coordinates: 49°45′N 6°38′E
Sources:
1. http://www.no-50-and-no-61-squadrons-association.co.uk/app/download/5802508903/50+SQUADRON+ORB+1939+1943+Revision+1.pdf
2. https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hampden/25726-X31171940-12-11.html
3. http://aircrewremembered.com/liddell-eric-beck-squibs.html
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2047901/liddell,-eric-beck-squibs/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2042283/atkinson,-alfred-stanley/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2042275/ash,-ronald-george/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2047968/mcconnell,-eric/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 August 1940 | P2124 | 50 Sqn RAF | 0 | North Sea, 1/4 mile off Scarborough Pier, Scarborough, North Yorkshire |  |
w/o |
| 24 July 1941 | AD843 | 50 Sqn RAF | 4 | North Sea, east of Cromer, Norfolk, England | |
w/o |
| 22 January 1942 | AT142 | 50 Sqn RAF | 4 | Exton, 4 miles ENE of Oakham, Rultand | |
w/o |
| 7 March 1942 | AE400 | 50 Sqn RAF | 4 | Missing - Bay of Biscay |  |
mis |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jul-2018 19:11 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 12-Nov-2018 18:56 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 29-Oct-2019 11:32 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
| 02-Nov-2019 18:55 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
Corrections or additions? ... Edit this accident description
The Aviation Safety Network is an exclusive service provided by:
Quick Links:
| ASN Home | Send Correction / Feedback |
| FSF Home | Disclaimer | Copyright |
| Contact Us | Privacy Policy |
| Press / Media |
CONNECT WITH US:
©2024 Flight Safety Foundation