ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 215018
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| Date: | Monday 10 February 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 61 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P4409 |
| MSN: | QR- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bluestone Plantation, near Cawston, Norfok, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire |
Crashed as the pilot tried to perform an emergency landing. All four occupants died in the crash.
Please note that the Squadron Operational Record Book held at the UK National Archives and available on line identifies this aircraft as P4405 and not P4409 as above. See sources 1, 3, and 4.
Aircraft took off at 0220 was returning from an attack on Wilhemshaven, Germany, It had broadcast a distress message while six miles from land but the nature of the emergency was not known at the time
Crew list was as follows:
Flight Lieutenant Walter Eric Frutiger (72543 RAFVR) - Pilot
Sergeant Robert Chanin (754943 RAFVR) - Navigator/Bombardier
Sergeant John Edward Hill (935567 RAFVR) - Wireless Operator
Flight Sergeant Robert Gapp (701878 RAFVR) - Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Details of the memorial plaque can be seen at source 5 below.
Sources:
1. http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16689179
2. http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/four-airmen-who-died-when-their-plane-crashed-during-the-war-remembered-at-unveiling-of-plaque-in-cawston-1-5677855 - Please note this and other articles that used the press release as a basis identify Flight Lieutenant Frutiger as 'John Frutiger; and not Walter Eric Frutiger.
3. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8452588
4. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8452589
5. https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/96400
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 June 1940 | P4341 | 61 Sqn RAF | 4 | between Schipluiden and Abtswoude, Delft, Zuid-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 9 August 1941 | AE263 | 61 Sqn RAF | 4 | North Sea off Schleswig-Holstein |  |
w/o |
| 9 August 1941 | X3127 | 61 Sqn RAF | 1 | Revensdorf, Lindau, Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Sep-2018 09:20 | gerard57 | Added |
| 03-Nov-2018 09:24 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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